# Guevara (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/guevara/  
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 Spanish [in turn from Basque], mostly associated to Che Guevara

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 46,454 |
| US rank (2010) | 746 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 6,646 people |
| Change since 2000 | +51% (30,844 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowing from Spanish Guevara, from Basque.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Guevara 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) | 4.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 92% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Guevara in Argentina, the United States and Bolivia.

## People named Guevara

- Che Guevara, Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
- Wálter Guevara, 54th President of Bolivia (August-November 1979)
- Zabryna Guevara, American actress
- Nacha Guevara, Argentine actress and singer
- Sammy Guevara, American professional wrestler
- Jimena Barón, Argentine singer songwriter and actress

## Similar surnames

Guevarra, Gober, Gabor, Gover, Gaviria, Gebauer, Giuffre, Gaber, Gaver, Geoffrey.

## 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.