# Guedes (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/guedes/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 686 |
| US rank (2010) | 33,316 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 450,066 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (510 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Guedes.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Guedes in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 61% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 35% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Guedes in Brazil.

## People named Guedes

- Roger Guedes, Brazilian association football player
- Paulo Roberto Nunes Guedes, Brazilian economist and Minister of Economy of Brazil (2019–2023)
- Rita Guedes, Brazilian actress
- Sérgio Guedes, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Fred, Brazilian association football player (born 1983)
- Bolívar, Brazilian footballer and manager

## Similar surnames

Geddes, Gates, Goetz, Gaddis, Getz, Godsey, Gutowski, Gatica, Gattis, Gaydos, Goetsch, Gettys.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.