# Guinto (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/guinto/  
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 Tagalog.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Tagalog |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,234 |
| US rank (2010) | 21,251 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 250,199 people |
| Change since 2000 | +62% (762 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Filipino surname, mostly from * Tagalog, from ginto (“gold”) * Kapampangan, from gintu (“gold”)

## Who carries it

Share of people named Guinto 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) | 15% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 17% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 64% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 3.8% |

## Similar surnames

Gaunt, Giunta, Gant, Gandy, Gantt, Gandhi, Gent, Ghent, Gauntt, Gonda, Giannetti, Gundy.

## 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.