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The Glaz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 225 people carried this name — #83,541 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,250,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 216 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Glaz surname

From głaz (“boulder”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Głaz» (Polish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Poland’s population register

2,097 people named Glaz have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 2,324 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in all 16 of Poland’s voivodeships, most of all in Lublin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Lublin 613
Subcarpathian 525
Lesser Poland 187
Silesian 165
Lower Silesian 161
Masovian 130
Lubusz 59
Greater Poland 45

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 57 people named Glaz live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 31
City of Buenos Aires 26

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 56 people named Glaz.

7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 12 départements, most often Finistère.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 7
Finistère 28
Gironde 4
Yvelines 3
Pas-de-Calais 3
Val-de-Marne 2
Aisne 2
Marne 2
Paris 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Glaz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Herta Glaz 1908–2006 · singer
  • Herta Glaz 1908–2006 · singer
  • Sarah Glaz 1947– · poet
  • Olga Glaz 1975– · weightlifter

Wikidata (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Glaz.

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