| ![Show Contents]() Gloria Surname History
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 Ireland The surname Gloria was sometimes anglicized as Glory, as in the four householders of County Kilkenny who appear in Griffith's Valuation in the 19th century. These families, however, are not related to the MacGlory families found in Ulster and County Meath. Early Origins of the Gloria familyThe surname Gloria was first found in County Kilkenny (Irish: Cill Chainnigh), the former Kingdom of Osraige (Ossory), located in Southeastern Ireland in the province of Leinster, where it appears in medieval records such as the Justiciary Rolls and the Ormond Deeds. However, one William O'Gloerne was convicted as a "felon" in County Tipperary in 1292. In 1300, several O'Gloernes ambushed an Englishman at Callan in County Kilkenny. The name is also mentioned in the topographical poems of O'Dugan and O'Heerin. Early History of the Gloria familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gloria research. Another 22 words (2 lines of text) covering the year 1699 is included under the topic Early Gloria History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Gloria Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Glorney, O'Glorney, O'Gloerne, O'Gloiarin, Gloryn and many more. Early Notables of the Gloria familyMore information is included under the topic Early Gloria Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Gloria RankingIn the United States, the name Gloria is the 9,332nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1
 Gloria migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Gloria Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Tho Gloria, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 2
Gloria Settlers in United States in the 20th Century- T F Gloria, who landed in Mississippi in 1902 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Gloria (post 1700) | + |
- Jesús Gloria Molina (1948-2023), American politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council, the California State Assembly, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
- Ruth Gloria Blasco Ibáñez (1910-2003), known by her stage name of Ruth Hall, an American film actress
- Gloria Eileen McEniry (1923-2021), birth name of Gloria Henry, an American actress, best known for her role as Alice Mitchell, Dennis’s mother, from 1959 to 1963 on the CBS family sitcom Dennis the Menace
- Gloria Carrá (b. 1971), Argentine actress, singer and composer
- Gloria Vitanza Basile (1929-2004), American novelist and songwriter
- Gloria Coates (1938-2023), American composer born in Wausau, Wisconsin who lived in Munich from 1969 until her death
- Gloria Mange (1931-2023), Mexican film actress active during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema
- Gloria Cranmer Webster OC (1931-2023), Canadian First Nations activist, museum curator and writer of Kwakwaka'wakw descent
- Gloria Bosman (1973-2023), South African jazz singer who began her career singing in a church choir in Soweto
- Gloria Metzner (1922-2023), better known by the stage name of Gloria Dea, an American actress, dancer, and the first magician to perform in Las Vegas
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
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Gloria migration to the United States 
