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

Guz, 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 Guz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Guz in America

Guz is the 70645th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Guz surname appeared 277 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 Guz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Guz 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 Guz

The surname Guz has its origins in the Polish language, tracing back to the 14th century. It is believed to have derived from the archaic Polish word "guz," which translates to a knot or a bump. This could suggest that the name may have initially been a descriptive nickname for someone with a physical feature such as a knot or a lump on their body.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Guz can be found in the Akta Grodzkie, a collection of court records from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth dating back to the 15th century. In these records, a certain Jakub Guz is mentioned as a landowner in the region of Lesser Poland.

The name Guz has also been linked to various place names in Poland, such as the village of Guzów in the Łódź Voivodeship. This village's name is derived from the same root as the surname, indicating a potential connection between the name and a specific geographical location.

Throughout history, there have been several notable individuals bearing the surname Guz. One such figure was Jan Guz (1560-1631), a Polish nobleman and military commander who fought in the Polish-Swedish War during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

Another prominent individual was Stanisław Guz (1670-1725), a Polish architect and builder who was responsible for the construction of several churches and palaces in Warsaw and its surrounding areas.

In the 19th century, Józef Guz (1824-1898) was a Polish painter and art teacher who gained recognition for his landscape and genre paintings.

More recently, Andrzej Guz (1938-2021) was a distinguished Polish mathematician and professor who made significant contributions to the field of functional analysis.

Lastly, Mieczysław Guz (1905-1976) was a Polish footballer who played as a defender for several clubs in the 1920s and 1930s, including Cracovia and Wisła Kraków.

While the surname Guz is primarily associated with Poland, it has also been found in other Slavic countries, such as Ukraine and Belarus, likely due to migration and cultural exchange within the region over the centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Guz

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

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

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