How common is the surname Guyer?

4,974 people in the United States had the surname Guyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,072 Americans. It ranked 6,781st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Guyer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Guyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Guyer?

Paul Guyer, American philosopher.

Where is the surname Guyer most common?

Wikidata records people named Guyer in the United States.

Is the surname Guyer getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,974 in 2010, down 1.2%.

The surname Guyer

A surname, carried by 4,974 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex G600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Guyer is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,974 people named Guyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,072 Americans. That is down 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,036.

#6,781

rank among US surnames

4,974

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

-1.2%

change since 2000 (was #6,247)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,775	Volz	4,978	62,022
#6,776	Youngs	4,977	62,034
#6,777	Radke	4,976	62,047
#6,781	Guyer	4,974	62,072
#6,784	Chee	4,973	62,084

Who is named Guyer

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

96% of people named Guyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Guyers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paul Guyer
American philosopher, born 1948

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Guyer

Guyer has the Soundex code G600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G600.

Questions

How common is the surname Guyer?: 4,974 people in the United States had the surname Guyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,072 Americans. It ranked 6,781st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Guyer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Guyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Guyer?: Paul Guyer, American philosopher.
Where is the surname Guyer most common?: Wikidata records people named Guyer in the United States.
Is the surname Guyer getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,974 in 2010, down 1.2%.