# Guest (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/guest/  
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) | 9,483 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,737 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 32,558 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.9% (9,309 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Guest 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Guest in the United States.

## People named Guest

- Christopher Guest, British-American screenwriter, comedian, musician, director, and actor (born 1948)
- Irene Guest, American swimmer
- Lance Guest, American film and television actor
- Nicholas Guest, American actor
- Michael Guest, American attorney and politician
- Edgar Guest, American writer and poet (1881-1959)

## Similar surnames

Gust, Geist, Giusti, Gossett, Gist, Gast, Gazda, Gassett.

## 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.