How common is the surname Guthrie?

31,956 people in the United States had the surname Guthrie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,662 Americans. It ranked 1,095th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Guthrie?

Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter (1912–1967), followed by Arlo Guthrie.

Where is the surname Guthrie most common?

Wikidata records people named Guthrie in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

How do you pronounce Guthrie?

Guthrie is /ˈɡʌθɹi/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Guthrie getting more or less common?

More common. 31,530 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,956 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Guthrie

An Irish surname, carried by 31,956 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈɡʌθɹi/ 2 syllables Soundex G360

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

Origin

Irish origin

Of various origins, including: *An anglicization of Irish gaothair; *An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic mag Uchtre; or *An anglicization of Irish Ó Fhlaithimh.

One of 880 Irish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 31,956 people named Guthrie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,662 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 31,530.

#1,095

rank among US surnames

31,956

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,015)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,086	Lehman	32,180	9,594
#1,087	Byers	32,174	9,596
#1,088	Snider	32,148	9,604
#1,089	Law	32,122	9,612
#1,090	Tan	32,120	9,612
#1,091	Lake	32,104	9,617
#1,092	Lutz	32,050	9,633

Who is named Guthrie

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

88% of people named Guthrie identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Guthries

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Woody Guthrie
American singer-songwriter (1912–1967)
Arlo Guthrie
American folk singer, born 1947
Savannah Guthrie
American journalist and attorney (born 1971)
Janet Guthrie
American racing driver, born 1938
Gwen Guthrie
American singer-songwriter, 1950–1999
A. B. Guthrie Jr.
American novelist, screenwriter, historian, and literary historian (1901-1991)
James Guthrie
American politician and businessman (1792–1869)
Brett Guthrie
American politician, born 1964
W. K. C. Guthrie
British classical scholar and philosopher (1906–1981)
Samuel Guthrie
American physician, 1782–1848
Edwin Ray Guthrie
American psychologist (1886–1959)
Charles Guthrie, Baron Guthrie of Craigiebank
Army officer (1938–2025)

Notable Guthries come mostly from the United States (9), the United Kingdom (2) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Guthrie

Guthrie has the Soundex code G360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G360.

Other Irish surnames

All 880 Irish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Guthrie come from?: Of various origins, including: *An anglicization of Irish gaothair; *An anglicization of Scottish Gaelic mag Uchtre; or *An anglicization of Irish Ó Fhlaithimh.
How common is the surname Guthrie?: 31,956 people in the United States had the surname Guthrie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,662 Americans. It ranked 1,095th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Guthrie?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Guthrie identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Guthrie?: Woody Guthrie, American singer-songwriter (1912–1967), followed by Arlo Guthrie.
Where is the surname Guthrie most common?: Wikidata records people named Guthrie in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
How do you pronounce Guthrie?: Guthrie is /ˈɡʌθɹi/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Guthrie getting more or less common?: More common. 31,530 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 31,956 in 2010, up 1.4%.