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

Guarneros, 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 Guarneros surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Guarneros in America

Guarneros is the 40313th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Guarneros surname appeared 543 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 Guarneros.

We can also compare 2010 data for Guarneros 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 Guarneros

The surname Guarneros has its origins in Spain, dating back to the medieval period. It is believed to have derived from the Spanish word "guarnero," which refers to a person who manufactures or deals in leather goods, particularly saddles and harnesses for horses.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Guarneros can be found in the archives of Seville, Spain, where a certain Juan Guarneros is mentioned as a leatherworker in the late 15th century. This suggests that the name was already well-established in the region by that time.

The name Guarneros appears to have spread throughout Spain during the 16th and 17th centuries, with various spellings such as Guarnero, Guarneros, and Guarnero emerging in different regions. Some notable individuals bearing this surname include:

1. Alonso Guarneros (c. 1520-1585), a renowned Spanish saddler and leather craftsman who worked for the royal court in Madrid.
2. Francisca Guarneros (c. 1560-1632), a Spanish nun and mystic who founded the Convent of the Immaculate Conception in Seville.
3. Diego Guarneros (c. 1610-1678), a Spanish explorer and navigator who accompanied expeditions to the New World and helped map the coasts of present-day Mexico and California.
4. María Guarneros (c. 1675-1742), a Spanish painter known for her religious works and portraits, which adorned churches and noble households in Andalusia.
5. Juan Guarneros y Alvarado (c. 1725-1798), a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Puerto Rico from 1785 to 1789.

While the Guarneros surname is most commonly associated with Spain, it has also found its way to other Spanish-speaking regions, particularly in Latin America, where descendants of Spanish settlers and immigrants have carried on the name over generations.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Guarneros

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

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 Guarneros 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 Guarneros 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 Guarneros was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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