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

Guzmán, 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 Guzmán surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Guzmán in America

Guzmán is the 154th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Guzmán surname appeared 167,044 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 57 people would have the surname Guzmán.

We can also compare 2010 data for Guzmán 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 Guzmán

The surname Guzman is of Spanish origin, originating in the region of Andalusia in southern Spain. It is derived from the Arabic personal name "Guzman" or "Guthman," which is believed to have originated from the Germanic words "guth" meaning "good" and "mann" meaning "man." The name is thought to have been brought to Spain during the Moorish occupation of the region between the 8th and 15th centuries.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Guzman surname can be found in the "Libro de la Montería" (Book of the Hunt), a 14th-century manuscript written by King Alfonso XI of Castile. The manuscript mentions a nobleman named Alvar Pérez de Guzman, who lived in the late 13th and early 14th centuries.

Another notable historical figure with the Guzman surname was Nuño Beltrán de Guzman, a Spanish conquistador who participated in the conquest of Mexico in the 16th century. He was born in Guadalajara, Spain, in the late 15th century and is known for his brutal treatment of the indigenous populations during the conquest.

In the 16th century, Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, was a prominent Spanish statesman and chief minister of King Philip IV of Spain. He was born in Rome in 1587 and played a significant role in shaping Spanish policies during the Thirty Years' War.

The Guzman surname is also associated with the Spanish noble family of the same name, which has its origins in the town of Guzmán in the province of Burgos. One of the most famous members of this family was Doña Mencía de Guzmán, who lived in the 14th century and was the mistress of King Alfonso XI of Castile.

In the 19th century, Antonio Guzmán Blanco was a Venezuelan military leader and politician who served as President of Venezuela on multiple occasions between 1870 and 1888. He was born in Caracas in 1829 and played a significant role in the consolidation of Venezuela's independence from Spain.

The Guzman surname has also been prominent in other Spanish-speaking countries, such as Mexico and Peru, where it was likely introduced during the Spanish colonization of the Americas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Guzmán

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

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

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