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    The surname Guay

    A French surname, carried by 3,255 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G000

    Guay: #9,923 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Guay #9,923, 3,255 people Guay: #9,923 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Guay #9,923, 3,255 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Guay is more common than 93.9% of them.

    Origin

    French origin

    From French Guay. This surname is mostly found in Quebec and in the French-Canadian/Québécois diaspora.

    One of 791 French surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,255 people named Guay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 94,853 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,168.

    #9,923
    rank among US surnames
    3,255
    people in 2010
    1.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.7%
    change since 2000 (was #9,416)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,917Deem3,25894,765
    #9,919McCully3,25694,824
    #9,923Guay3,25594,853
    #9,924Lagos3,25494,882
    #9,925Krone3,25394,911
    #9,927Wightman3,25294,940
    #9,928Srivastava3,25194,969

    Who is named Guay

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

    94% of people named Guay identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Guays

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • René Guay
      born 1950

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Guay

    Guay has the Soundex code G000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G000.

    Other French surnames

    All 791 French surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Guay come from?
    From French Guay. This surname is mostly found in Quebec and in the French-Canadian/Québécois diaspora.
    How common is the surname Guay?
    3,255 people in the United States had the surname Guay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 94,853 Americans. It ranked 9,923rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Guay?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Guay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Guay?
    René Guay.
    Where is the surname Guay most common?
    Wikidata records people named Guay in Canada.
    Is the surname Guay getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,168 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,255 in 2010, up 2.7%.