Gue is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Gue
No. of characters: 3
Origin: France
Meaning:

The lastname Gue is variant of Gough. Welsh. Red—from complexion.

Gue is variation of Goff. See Gough - Welsh. Red—from complexion

When not a corruption of Gough, it is said to signify in the Armorican dialect "the smith." In the Cornish, Angove has the same meaning, while Trengrove is "strong smith." Queingoff is another Armorican surname meaning "whitesmith," according to the conjecture of Author. These are all, of course, allied to Gow.

Gue is variant of Angove. The smith.

Gue is a variant form of Gough. The ruddy or red-haired man; son of Eochaidh meaning "rich in cattle".

Variant form of the Goff. The worker in metals; the ruddy or red-haired man; son of Eochaidh meaning "rich in cattle".

Gue is a variant of the Goff. The Smith.

A form of Gough. Red.

Of the ford.

Gue is a variation of the Ow. Of meadow above and under the hill. Au, brook, meadow, pasture.

The family name is a variant of Angove. In this parish (Illogan) liveth Reginald Angove, Gent., i.e., Reginald the Smith, a surname assumed in memory of his first ancestor, who was by trade and occupation a smith. And of this sort of surname in England thus speaks Verstigan:
From whence came Smith, all be it knight or squire, But from the smith that forgeth in the fire." Hals JSS. D. Gilbert's Cornuall.

How popular is Gue?

Gue is common in Ivory Coast, Haiti, Guatemala, Burkina Faso, United States, Indonesia, France, Colombia, Morocco, Taiwan, Philippines, Argentina, Brazil, England, Malaysia.

Gue is ranked 20793 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Gues grew by 23.64 per cent to 1271 since 2000 and ranked 20780 after elevating 2387 spots. The last name was found in around 4 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 72.54 79.38
Black 16.99 11.28
Hispanic or Latino 4.48 4.28
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
4.17 0
Gue is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Ivory Coast which signifies that it is originated from Ivory Coast. Around 26268 people have been found who wears Gue as their family name. Gue is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Gue:
160 Ivory Coast14,490
Countries with thousands of Gue:
528 Haiti2,612
848 Guatemala2,384
809 Burkina Faso2,242
23,945 United States1,437
Countries with hundreds of Gue:
20,395 Indonesia607
22,124 France463
3,760 Colombia444
29,345 Morocco204
1,246 Taiwan169
71,677 Philippines143
28,200 Argentina118
63,077 Brazil108
32,731 England107
15,911 Malaysia102
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
23,877 Cameroon86
39,784 Canada80
14,934 Papua New Guinea74
177,118 Thailand58
91,373 Germany53
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
291,059 India39
16,981 Niger27
10,313 Singapore26
669 Myanmar25
14,824 Dominican Republic23
5,164 Solomon Islands22
73,129 Australia19
42,452 Benin13
18,650 Liberia13
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
43,480 Mexico10
87,318 Belgium9
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