How common is the surname Guerra?

70,071 people in the United States had the surname Guerra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,406 Americans. It ranked 473rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Guerra?

Vida Guerra, American model, followed by Miguel Ángel Guerra.

Where is the surname Guerra most common?

Wikidata records people named Guerra in Brazil, Argentina and Cuba and 3 other countries.

Is the surname Guerra getting more or less common?

More common. 54,575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 70,071 in 2010, up 28%.

The surname Guerra

A surname, carried by 70,071 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Guerra is more common than 99.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 70,071 people named Guerra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 4,406 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 54,575.

#473

rank among US surnames

70,071

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+28.4%

change since 2000 (was #554)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#464	Castaneda	71,368	4,326
#465	Malone	71,286	4,331
#466	Cannon	71,085	4,343
#467	Tate	71,058	4,345
#468	Mack	71,056	4,345
#469	Sherman	70,502	4,379
#470	Hubbard	70,362	4,388

Who is named Guerra

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

87% of people named Guerra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 11% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
White (not Hispanic) 11%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Two or more races 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Guerras

10 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vida Guerra
American model, born 1974
Miguel Ángel Guerra
Argentinian racing driver, born 1953
Ruy Guerra
Brazilian-Mozambican film director and actor (born 1931)
Evandro Guerra
Brazilian volleyball player, born 1981
Saverio Guerra
American actor, born 1964
Juan Guerra
Bolivian footballer, 1927–1950
Ramiro Guerra Pereyra
Association football player, born 1997
Ana Clara Guerra Marques
Angolan dancer, born 1962
Cástulo Guerra
Argentine actor, born 1945
Sérgio Guerra
Brazilian politician and economist (1947–2014)

Notable Guerras come mostly from Brazil (3), Argentina (2) and Cuba (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Guerra

Guerra has the Soundex code G600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G600.

Questions

How common is the surname Guerra?: 70,071 people in the United States had the surname Guerra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 4,406 Americans. It ranked 473rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Guerra?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Guerra identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 11% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Guerra?: Vida Guerra, American model, followed by Miguel Ángel Guerra.
Where is the surname Guerra most common?: Wikidata records people named Guerra in Brazil, Argentina and Cuba and 3 other countries.
Is the surname Guerra getting more or less common?: More common. 54,575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 70,071 in 2010, up 28%.