Last Name GUY

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Meaning	The son of Guy. It appears to have prevailed in France very early as Guy, Guies, Guyon, and the feminine Guiette. The English diminutives were Wyot and Wyon. In the days of gunpowder plot and Guy Fawkes the name lost caste, and as a fontal title has never recoevered itself. A term given in Gaul to the mistletoe, or cure-all; also a guide, a leader or director, from 'Guia,' Spanish and Portuguese.

Origin	English, Jewish, Native American, Irish, Falkland, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	1,150 (2000 US census)	876 (1990 US census)

Count	27,934 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

70.34%, or 19649 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
23.85%, or 6662 total occurrences, as black,
0.95%, or 265 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.37%, or 383 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.81%, or 506 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.68%, or 469 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...