Last Name GLASGOW

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Meaning	Local: from the city of Glasgow in Lanarkshire, or the town of Glasgow in Renfrewshire. Local: From the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The green, fruitful place, from 'glas,' green, and 'geu' or 'gew,' a "choice field," the stay or support of the estate.

Origin	Scottish, Gaelic, Cornish British, Irish

Rank	3,774 (2000 US census)	4,514 (1990 US census)

Count	8,621 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

78.33%, or 6753 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
16.97%, or 1463 total occurrences, as black,
0.28%, or 24 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.53%, or 46 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
2.11%, or 182 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.77%, or 153 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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