Cognomen Glessing (Glessing 
) , across the world, is a rare surname. The surname Glessing is characteristic of Germany, where it is a rare surname, New Zealand, and Canada. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Germany, the United States, and Canada. Very seldom, Glessing is the forename as well as the last name.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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| Glessing | Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United States, Germany |
| thomas b. glessing American painter, US (b. 1817) |
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