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

Guercio, 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 Guercio surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Guercio in America

Guercio is the 20116th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Guercio surname appeared 1,328 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 Guercio.

We can also compare 2010 data for Guercio 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 Guercio

The surname GUERCIO has its origins in Italy, specifically in the regions of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna, dating back to the medieval period. The name is derived from the Italian word "guercio," meaning "squint-eyed" or "cross-eyed," suggesting it may have initially been a nickname given to an individual with this physical characteristic.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname GUERCIO can be found in the historic Florentine tax records known as the Libri di Commercio, which date back to the late 13th century. These records mention a merchant named Berto Guercio, who lived and worked in Florence during that time.

The GUERCIO surname also appears in several other medieval Italian documents, such as the Codice Diplomatico Aretino from the 12th century, which refers to a landowner named Guido Guercio in the city of Arezzo, located in Tuscany.

In the 14th century, a notable figure with the surname GUERCIO was Simone Guercio, a skilled painter and mosaicist who worked on the iconic Basilica of San Marco in Venice. His contributions to the basilica's intricate mosaics have been widely celebrated throughout art history.

During the Renaissance period, the GUERCIO surname gained further recognition with the birth of Giovan Francesco Guercio, a renowned sculptor and architect from Cento, in the Emilia-Romagna region. He was born in 1501 and is best known for his work on the Basilica of San Petronio in Bologna.

Another notable individual with the GUERCIO surname was Giovanni Battista Guercio, a 17th-century Italian composer and music theorist from Genoa. He authored several influential treatises on music composition and theory, contributing significantly to the development of musical education during his time.

In the 19th century, the GUERCIO surname continued to be associated with artistic and cultural figures, such as Vincenzo Guercio, an Italian painter born in 1819 in Naples. His works, primarily depicting landscapes and vedute, have been exhibited in various galleries throughout Italy.

Throughout its history, the GUERCIO surname has also been linked to various place names in Italy, including the town of Guercio in the province of Lucca, Tuscany, and the village of Guercio in the province of Reggio Emilia, Emilia-Romagna. These place names may have influenced the surname's origins or been influenced by it.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Guercio

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

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

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