Gläser
surname · Latin script
Meaning: nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Glas
/ˈɡlɛːzɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Gläser is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 13K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 315Kas Glaeser
- CHSwitzerland1 in 96K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Gläser itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 225 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)
≈6,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Glaeser in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Glas
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Gläser counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #847 | ≈6,000 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Gläser | 104 |
| US United States | — | 1,055as Glaeser | 1 in 315K | 1.1K | Glaeser | 225 |
| BR Brazil | — | 455as Glaeser | 1 in 465K | 455 | — | 1 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈230 est. | ≈1 in 445K | — | Glaeser | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 392K | — | Glaeser | 22 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 269K | — | Glaeser | 18 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 88 | 1 in 96K | 88 | Glaeser | 17 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈55 est. | ≈1 in 160K | — | Gläser | 15 |
| IE Ireland | — | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 250K | — | Glaeser | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Gläser is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Berufsname zu mhd. glasære 'Glaser'; Hauptkarte zur Umlautvarianz a/ä/e im Stamm.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Berufsname zu Glas/Glaser; die Karte zeigt Haupttonvokalismus mit a, ä und e in der Schreibvarianz. Belegt mit 5233 Trägern; Variantencluster: Glaser, Gläser, Gleser.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
In German, Beispiel für a/ä/e-Vokalvariation; 5233 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Enoch Gläserb. 1628DEGerman university teacher, poet lawyer and writer (1628-1668)
- Vera Comployerb. 1896ATnot in their usual nameAustrian actress (1896-1969)
- Albrecht Gläserb. 1928DEGerman surgeon
- Wolfgang Gläserb. 1933DEGerman physicist
- Stefan Gläserb. 1946DEGerman politician
- Karl-Heinz Gläserb. 1948DEGerman association football referee (1948–2022)
- Peter Gläserb. 1949DEGerman composer (1949-2008)
- Michael Gläserb. 1957DEGerman musician and conductor
- Christian Gläserb. 1966DEGerman politician
- Anuschka Gläserb. 1969DEpair skater
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 11 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 88 | #12,221 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Gläser mean, and where does it come from?
- nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Glas Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Gläser?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈɡlɛːzɐ/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Gläser have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 6.0 thousand people named Gläser in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gläser.
- How common is the name Gläser?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 88 people named Gläser in 2024, about 1 in 96 thousand residents.
- How common is Gläser compared with other names?
- In Germany, Gläser is the 847th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/gl%C3%A4serThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gläser” — the 847th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.