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    The surname Guevara

    A Spanish surname, carried by 46,454 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex G160

    Guevara: #746 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Guevara #746, 46,454 people Guevara: #746 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Guevara #746, 46,454 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Guevara is more common than 99.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    Borrowing from Spanish Guevara, from Basque.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 46,454 people named Guevara in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 6,646 Americans. That is up 51% since 2000, when the Census counted 30,844.

    #746
    rank among US surnames
    46,454
    people in 2010
    16
    per 100,000 Americans
    +50.6%
    change since 2000 (was #1,039)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #737Vance47,3246,524
    #738Barry47,2746,531
    #739Johns47,2466,535
    #740Eaton47,1846,543
    #741Blackwell47,1756,545
    #742Dyer47,1706,545
    #743Prince47,1686,546

    Who is named Guevara

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

    92% of people named Guevara identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
    • White (not Hispanic) 4.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Two or more races 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Guevaras

    6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Che Guevara
      Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)
    • Wálter Guevara
      54th President of Bolivia (August-November 1979)
    • Zabryna Guevara
      American actress, born 1972
    • Nacha Guevara
      Argentine actress and singer, born 1940
    • Sammy Guevara
      American professional wrestler, born 1993
    • Jimena Barón
      Argentine singer songwriter and actress, born 1987

    Notable Guevaras come mostly from Argentina (3), the United States (2) and Bolivia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Guevara

    Guevara has the Soundex code G160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G160.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Guevara come from?
    Borrowing from Spanish Guevara, from Basque.
    How common is the surname Guevara?
    46,454 people in the United States had the surname Guevara in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 6,646 Americans. It ranked 746th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Guevara?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Guevara identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.3% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Guevara?
    Che Guevara, Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967), followed by Wálter Guevara.
    Where is the surname Guevara most common?
    Wikidata records people named Guevara in Argentina, the United States and Bolivia.
    Is the surname Guevara getting more or less common?
    More common. 30,844 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 46,454 in 2010, up 51%.