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The glasgow Surname

glasgow Name Meaning and History

Scottish: local name from the city on the Clyde (first recorded in 1116 as Glasgu), or from either of two minor places with the same name in Aberdeenshire. The etymology of the place name is disputed; it is probably from Welsh glas ‘gray’, ‘green’, ‘blue’ + cau ‘hollows’.
Scottish and Irish: altered form of Closkey, reduced and Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Bhloscaidhe ‘son of Bloscadh’ (see McCloskey).
Irish: variant of the English family name Glasscock, which was once common in County Kildare.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of glasgow Families in the US in 1920

Number of glasgow families

56-109

19-55

1-18

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Nova Inez (Tubbs) Glasgow Obituary 1905-1975	kaitysmom	0
Glasgow Surname, Descendants & Branches (would like to share info)	maggy7	32
George Simmons Glasgow	George Glasgow	6
Harriet Glasgow/Glasco b. 1825, Married John Russell and C. Stevenson	ValerieJohnson214	1
Glasgow's from Luling Texas	chiefbob1192	9
GLASGOW Grace G 1902-1991	t42MountOlivet	0
GLASGOW James E 1897-1967	t42MountOlivet	0
GLASGOW FAMILY DNR GROUP	mom_gray47	10
My Glasgow names list, hope some are recognized	Janice	10
GLASGOWS IN LAFAYETTE COUNTY ARK	mom_gray47	6

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