The surname Guevarra
A Spanish surname, carried by 2,216 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex G160
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Guevarra, a variant of Guevara, from Basque Gebara.
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 2,216 people named Guevarra in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,326 Americans. That is up 49% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,488.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #13,654 | Victorino | 2,218 | 139,200 |
| #13,657 | Gengler | 2,217 | 139,263 |
| #13,660 | Fitzgibbon | 2,216 | 139,326 |
Who is named Guevarra
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
74% of people named Guevarra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
- Asian and Pacific Islander 74%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20%
- White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
- Two or more races 2.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Guevarra has the Soundex code G160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G160.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Guevarra come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Guevarra, a variant of Guevara, from Basque Gebara.
- How common is the surname Guevarra?
- 2,216 people in the United States had the surname Guevarra in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,326 Americans. It ranked 13,660th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Guevarra?
- In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Guevarra identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Guevarra getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,488 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,216 in 2010, up 49%.