Find out how popular the last name Guarderas is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Guarderas.

Guarderas, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Guarderas surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Guarderas in America

Guarderas is the 96368th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Guarderas surname appeared 189 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Guarderas.

We can also compare 2010 data for Guarderas to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Guarderas

The surname GUARDERAS has its origins in Spain, tracing back to the medieval period around the 12th century. It is believed to be derived from the Spanish word "guardar," meaning "to guard" or "to protect," potentially indicating that the ancestors of those bearing this name were guards or protectors of some kind.

The name GUARDERAS was initially concentrated in the regions of Andalusia and Castile in southern and central Spain. Some early variations of the spelling included Guardera, Guardera, and Guardeiro, reflecting regional linguistic differences.

One of the earliest documented references to the surname GUARDERAS can be found in the Libro de la Montería (Book of the Hunt), a 14th-century manuscript commissioned by King Alfonso XI of Castile. This text mentions a certain Juan Guarderas, who was likely a huntsman or guardian of the royal hunting grounds.

In the 15th century, records show a Rodrigo Guarderas who served as a soldier in the army of King Ferdinand II of Aragon during the Reconquista, the campaign to reclaim the Iberian Peninsula from Moorish rule.

During the 16th century, the GUARDERAS surname spread to the Americas as Spanish conquistadors and settlers embarked on voyages to the New World. One notable figure was Diego Guarderas, a explorer and conquistador who accompanied Hernán Cortés in the conquest of Mexico in the 1520s.

Another prominent individual with this surname was María Guarderas, a 17th-century nun and educator in Lima, Peru, who founded one of the earliest schools for girls in the Americas.

In the 18th century, a Juan Guarderas was a prominent architect and engineer who oversaw the construction of several important colonial buildings in Quito, Ecuador.

Moving into the 19th century, there was a General José Guarderas who fought in the wars of independence against Spanish colonial rule in what is now Ecuador.

While the GUARDERAS surname is relatively uncommon today, it maintains a rich historical legacy rooted in Spain's medieval past and the era of Spanish exploration and colonization of the Americas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Guarderas

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Guarderas.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Guarderas was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Guarderas has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Guarderas was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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