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

Guerrero López, 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 Guerrero López surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Guerrero López in America

Guerrero López is the 125282nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Guerrero López surname appeared 137 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 Guerrero López.

The history of the last name Guerrero López

The surname GUERREROLOPEZ is a double-barrelled Spanish surname that has its origins in the regions of Andalusia and Extremadura in the south of Spain. The first part of the name, Guerrero, likely derives from the Spanish word 'guerra' meaning 'war', suggesting that the earliest bearers of this name were soldiers or warriors. The second part, Lopez, is a patronymic surname derived from the given name Lope, which in turn comes from the Germanic name 'Loup'.

One of the earliest recorded mentions of the Guerrero surname can be found in the Repartimiento de Sevilla, a census-like document from the 13th century that listed the Christian settlers who were granted land in the city of Seville after its reconquest from the Moors in 1248. The Repartimiento mentions a Rodrigo Guerrero, who was awarded property in the neighborhood of San Julian.

In the 16th century, a branch of the Guerrero family settled in the town of Medina de las Torres in Extremadura, where they were known as the Guerreros de Medina. A notable member of this family was Alonso Guerrero de Medina (c.1510-1585), a jurist and magistrate who served as a judge in the Chancery Court of Granada.

As the Spanish Empire expanded into the Americas, the Guerrero and Lopez surnames made their way across the Atlantic. One of the earliest known bearers of the combined GUERREROLOPEZ name was Pedro Guerrero Lopez (c.1560-1630), a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Chile under Pedro de Valdivia in the 1540s.

In the 18th century, Juan Guerrero Lopez (1711-1788) was a prominent silversmith and engraver who worked in Mexico City, producing intricate religious objects and ornaments for churches and cathedrals throughout New Spain.

Another notable figure was José Guerrero Lopez (1829-1897), a Mexican general and politician who fought in the Reform War and the French Intervention in Mexico, rising to become governor of the state of Morelos in the 1870s.

During the 20th century, one of the most famous individuals with the GUERREROLOPEZ surname was Julio Guerrero Lopez (1910-1991), a Spanish painter and sculptor who was a leading figure in the Surrealist movement in Spain. His works can be found in museums and galleries around the world.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Guerrero López

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

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 Guerrero López 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.

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

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