How common is the surname Guillen?

30,153 people in the United States had the surname Guillen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,239 Americans. It ranked 1,166th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Guillen?

Alanis Guillen, Brazilian actress.

Where is the surname Guillen most common?

Wikidata records people named Guillen in Brazil.

Is the surname Guillen getting more or less common?

More common. 21,257 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,153 in 2010, up 42%.

The surname Guillen

A Spanish surname, carried by 30,153 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Guillen is more common than 99.3% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Guillén.

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 30,153 people named Guillen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 10,239 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 21,257.

#1,166

rank among US surnames

30,153

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+41.8%

change since 2000 (was #1,550)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,157	Saucedo	30,374	10,165
#1,158	Starr	30,363	10,168
#1,159	Do	30,301	10,189
#1,160	Hurtado	30,286	10,194
#1,161	Kirkland	30,283	10,195
#1,162	Hendrickson	30,259	10,203
#1,163	Holley	30,231	10,213

Who is named Guillen

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

94% of people named Guillen identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 4.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
Two or more races 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Guillens

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alanis Guillen
Brazilian actress, born 1998

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Guillen

Guillen has the Soundex code G450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G450.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Guillen come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Guillén.
How common is the surname Guillen?: 30,153 people in the United States had the surname Guillen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 10,239 Americans. It ranked 1,166th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Guillen?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Guillen identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Guillen?: Alanis Guillen, Brazilian actress.
Where is the surname Guillen most common?: Wikidata records people named Guillen in Brazil.
Is the surname Guillen getting more or less common?: More common. 21,257 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 30,153 in 2010, up 42%.