Find out how popular the last name Guzmán-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 Guzmán-López.

Guzmán-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 Guzmán-López surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Guzmán-López in America

Guzmán-López is the 72568th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Guzmán-López surname appeared 268 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 Guzmán-López.

The history of the last name Guzmán-López

The surname GUZMANLOPEZ originated in Spain during the medieval period. It is a double-barreled surname, combining the paternal surname Guzman with the maternal surname Lopez. The Guzman portion traces its roots to the Visigothic personal name Gundisalvus, derived from the Germanic elements "gund" meaning "battle" and "salv" meaning "entire or whole." This name was common among the Visigoths who ruled parts of the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th to the 8th centuries.

The Lopez portion of the name has its origins in the Latin name Lupus, meaning "wolf." It was a common name among the Romanized population of the Iberian Peninsula during the Roman era. Over time, it evolved into the Spanish patronymic surname Lopez, indicating "son of Lope."

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Guzman name can be found in the 13th century with Núño Núñez de Guzmán, a prominent Spanish nobleman and military commander during the Reconquista. He was born around 1285 and played a crucial role in the conquest of Gibraltar in 1309.

In the 14th century, Alvar Pérez de Guzmán, a Spanish nobleman and poet, was born in Seville around 1330. His work, "Cancionero de Baena," is considered one of the earliest collections of Spanish poetry from the medieval era.

The double-barreled surname GUZMANLOPEZ likely emerged as a result of marriages between families bearing the respective surnames. One notable figure bearing this name was Juan Guzmán López, a Spanish conquistador and explorer who accompanied Hernán Cortés on his expedition to Mexico in the early 16th century.

Another prominent individual was Pedro Guzmán López de Herrera, a Spanish military commander and conquistador who played a significant role in the conquest of Chile in the mid-16th century. He was born around 1520 in Seville and served as the governor of Chile from 1558 to 1561.

In the 17th century, Antonio Guzmán López de Velasco, a Spanish writer and historian, was born in Écija, Andalusia, around 1610. He is best known for his work "Geografía y Descripción Universal de las Indias," a comprehensive description of the Spanish colonies in the Americas.

While the GUZMANLOPEZ surname has its roots in Spain and the Iberian Peninsula, it has since spread to other parts of the world, particularly to Latin American countries due to Spanish colonization and migration.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Guzmán-López

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Guzmán-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 Guzmán-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 Guzmán-López was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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