How common is the surname Guzman?

167,044 people in the United States had the surname Guzman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,848 Americans. It ranked 154th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Guzman?

Nahuel Guzmán, Argentine association football player, followed by Ryan Guzman.

Where is the surname Guzman most common?

Wikidata records people named Guzman in Argentina, the United States and the Dominican Republic.

How do you pronounce Guzman?

Guzman is /ɡuzˈmɑn/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Guzman getting more or less common?

More common. 118,390 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 167,044 in 2010, up 41%.

The surname Guzman

A Spanish surname, carried by 167,044 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ɡuzˈmɑn/ 2 syllables Soundex G255

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Guzman is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Guzmán.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 167,044 people named Guzman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,848 Americans. That is up 41% since 2000, when the Census counted 118,390.

#154

rank among US surnames

167,044

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+41.1%

change since 2000 (was #230)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#145	Washington	177,386	1,741
#146	Kennedy	176,865	1,746
#147	Wells	176,230	1,752
#148	Vargas	173,835	1,776
#149	Henry	170,964	1,806
#150	Chen	169,580	1,821
#151	Freeman	169,149	1,825

Who is named Guzman

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

94% of people named Guzman identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 4.1% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94%
White (not Hispanic) 4.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Two or more races 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Guzmans

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nahuel Guzmán
Argentine association football player, born 1986
Ryan Guzman
American actor, born 1987
Isabel Guzman
American government administrator and business advocate, born 1970
Juan Pablo Guzmán
Argentine tennis player, born 1981
Lucas Guzmán
Argentine taekwondoin, born 1994
Cristian Guzmán
Baseball player, born 1978
Martina Gusmán
Actress, film producer, born 1978

Notable Guzmans come mostly from Argentina (4), the United States (2) and the Dominican Republic (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Guzman

Gusman

Guzman has the Soundex code G255, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G255.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Guzman come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Guzmán.
How common is the surname Guzman?: 167,044 people in the United States had the surname Guzman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,848 Americans. It ranked 154th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Guzman?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Guzman identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 4.1% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Guzman?: Nahuel Guzmán, Argentine association football player, followed by Ryan Guzman.
Where is the surname Guzman most common?: Wikidata records people named Guzman in Argentina, the United States and the Dominican Republic.
How do you pronounce Guzman?: Guzman is /ɡuzˈmɑn/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Guzman getting more or less common?: More common. 118,390 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 167,044 in 2010, up 41%.