# Guyton (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/guyton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 8,191 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,337 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 37,693 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.3% (7,634 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Guyton 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) | 42% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 53% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Guyton in the United States.

## People named Guyton

- Arthur Guyton, American physiologist (1919–2003)
- Walter Guyton Cady, American physicist (1874–1974)

## Similar surnames

Gayton, Goodwin, Godwin, Gaytan, Gooden, Gaitan, Goodin, Gudino, Gideon, Godin, Godina, Gatton.

## 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.