# Guinness (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/guinness/  
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 Irish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Irish |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 157 |
| US rank (2010) | 111,988 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,966,532 people |
| Change since 2000 | +34% (117 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɡɪnɪs/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

An Anglicization of Irish Mac Aonghusa (literally “son of Angus”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Guinness 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) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Guinness in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

## People named Guinness

- Alec Guinness, British actor (1914–2000)
- Daphne Guinness, British and Irish artist and personality
- Peter Guinness, British actor
- Os Guinness, American writer

## Similar surnames

Gaines, Goines, Guynes, Gines, Gomez, Gomes, Gamez, Goins, Gong, Gamache, Goings, Giang.

## 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.