Glasgow Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 5
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 13
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 2
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 1
Kent 0
Lancashire 14
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 38
Middlesex 1
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 1
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 8
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Glasgow Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Glasgow family

Profession Census Frequency
Male Servant 4
Independent 4
Labourer 2
Traveller 2
Female Servant 2
Engineer 2
Shoe Maker 1
Tailor 1
Mariner 1
Sadler J 1
Shipwright 1
Prisoner Clerk 1
Weaver By Power 1
Green Grocer 1
Hawker 1
Plum Maker 1
Sawyer 1
Silk Weaver 1
Soldier 1
Railway Superintendant 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Glasgow

Name Census Frequency
John Glasgow 140
William Glasgow 126
Mary Glasgow 110
Elizabeth Glasgow 92
George Glasgow 86
Thomas Glasgow 72
James Glasgow 68
Robert Glasgow 47
Margaret Glasgow 43
Charles Glasgow 42
Henry Glasgow 42
Annie Glasgow 41
Alfred Glasgow 37
David Glasgow 34
Jane Glasgow 34
Ann Glasgow 33
Sarah Glasgow 32
Arthur Glasgow 30
Eliza Glasgow 30
Emma Glasgow 24
Ellen Glasgow 23
Alice Glasgow 22
Agnes Glasgow 20
Andrew Glasgow 20
Caroline Glasgow 20

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