Explore the Family Name Glendinning

The meaning of Glendinning

Scottish (Dumfriesshire and Lanarkshire): variant of Glendenning.

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How common is the last name Glendinning in the United States?

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Glendinning has slightly decreased in the United States between the years 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Glendinning was ranked as the 43,463rd most common surname, but by 2010 it had slipped to 46,037th. The actual number of individuals with this surname also dwindled marginally during this time period, moving from 468 people in 2000 to 463 people in 2010. Thus, the proportion of people with the Glendinning surname per 100,000 residents fell by about 5.88 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#43,463	#46,037	-5.92%
Count	468	463	-1.07%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.16	-5.88%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Glendinning

When it comes to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates a slight shift in the ethnic identity of those bearing the Glendinning surname between 2000 and 2010. While the vast majority of those with this name identified as White in both years (96.58 percent in 2000 and 96.11 percent in 2010), there was a reported increase in those identifying as Hispanic from 1.28 percent to 1.94 percent. Interestingly, in 2010, there was also a small percentage (1.08 percent) of individuals with this surname who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, an ethnicity category that wasn't represented at all in the 2000 data. No persons with the Glendinning surname identified as Black or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.58%	96.11%	-0.49%
Hispanic	1.28%	1.94%	51.56%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.08%	0%
Two or More Races	1.71%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%