How common is the surname Guaman?

3,439 people in the United States had the surname Guaman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,778 Americans. It ranked 9,461st of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Guaman getting more or less common?

More common. 1,364 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,439 in 2010, up 152%.

The surname Guaman

A surname, carried by 3,439 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Guaman is more common than 94.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,439 people named Guaman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,778 Americans. That is up 152% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,364.

#9,461

rank among US surnames

3,439

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+152.1%

change since 2000 (was #18,626)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,455	Antonucci	3,441	89,726
#9,458	Borrelli	3,440	89,752
#9,461	Hoban	3,439	89,778
#9,464	Cavallo	3,438	89,804
#9,466	Poulson	3,437	89,830

Who is named Guaman

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

97% of people named Guaman identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 1.9% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
White (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Guaman

Guaman has the Soundex code G550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G550.

Questions

How common is the surname Guaman?: 3,439 people in the United States had the surname Guaman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,778 Americans. It ranked 9,461st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Guaman?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Guaman identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 1.9% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Guaman getting more or less common?: More common. 1,364 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,439 in 2010, up 152%.