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    The surname Guinn

    A surname, carried by 12,577 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex G500

    Guinn: #2,868 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Guinn #2,868, 12,577 people Guinn: #2,868 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Guinn #2,868, 12,577 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Guinn is more common than 98.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 12,577 people named Guinn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 24,548 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 12,641.

    #2,868
    rank among US surnames
    12,577
    people in 2010
    4.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.5%
    change since 2000 (was #2,625)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,864Longo12,59424,515
    #2,865Orlando12,58624,531
    #2,867Trammell12,58224,539
    #2,868Guinn12,57724,548
    #2,869Will12,57524,552
    #2,870Muse12,57124,560

    Who is named Guinn

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

    82% of people named Guinn identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 10%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Guinns

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kenny Guinn
      American politician; 27th Governor of Nevada (1936-2010)
    • R.T. Guinn
      American professional basketball player, born 1981

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Guinn

    Guinn has the Soundex code G500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G500.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Guinn?
    12,577 people in the United States had the surname Guinn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 24,548 Americans. It ranked 2,868th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Guinn?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Guinn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Guinn?
    Kenny Guinn, American politician; 27th Governor of Nevada (1936-2010), followed by R.T. Guinn.
    Where is the surname Guinn most common?
    Wikidata records people named Guinn in the United States.
    Is the surname Guinn getting more or less common?
    Less common. 12,641 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,577 in 2010, down 0.5%.