# Guerra (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 70,071 |
| US rank (2010) | 473 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 4,406 people |
| Change since 2000 | +28% (54,575 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Guerra 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) | 11% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 87% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Guerra in Brazil, Argentina, Cuba, the United States, Bolivia and Uruguay.

## People named Guerra

- Vida Guerra, American model
- Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentinian racing driver
- Ruy Guerra, Brazilian-Mozambican film director and actor (born 1931)
- Evandro Guerra, Brazilian volleyball player
- Saverio Guerra, American actor
- Juan Guerra, Bolivian footballer
- Ramiro Guerra Pereyra, association football player
- Ana Clara Guerra Marques, Angolan dancer
- Cástulo Guerra, Argentine actor
- Sérgio Guerra, Brazilian politician and economist (1947–2014)

## Similar surnames

Gurr, Guyer, Gerry, Gera, Gray, Gore, Gary, Garay, Grey, Geary, Geer, Geyer.

## 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.