Guerin is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Guerin
No. of characters: 6
Origin: France
Meaning:

The family of this name in England derive from "a noble French family, established in Champagne, the Isle of France, and Auvergne."

Family name Guerin is variant form of Geering. The Anglo-Saxon personal name. The Domesday of Hants gives us a Gerin, and that of Warwick, a Gerinus.

How popular is Guerin?

Guerin is common in France, United States, Canada, Australia, Ireland, England, Brazil, Haiti, Argentina, Belgium, New Zealand, Paraguay, Italy, Morocco, Spain, Switzerland.

Guerin is ranked 7703 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Guerin bearers increased by 2.88 per cent in 2010 US census to 6291 since 2000, the surname slipped by 282 spots and ranked at 5525. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.99 87.11
Black 6.14 6.2
Hispanic or Latino 5.72 4.56
Others 1.62 1.08
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
1.05 0.54
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.48 0.51
Guerin is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies its France provenence. Around 73730 people have been found who wears Guerin as their family name. Guerin is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Guerin:
60 France51,692
Countries with thousands of Guerin:
5,223 United States8,512
905 Canada5,947
2,253 Australia1,689
719 Ireland1,108
Countries with hundreds of Guerin:
8,406 England754
13,611 Brazil603
1,632 Haiti559
9,686 Argentina372
6,567 Belgium286
3,400 New Zealand234
1,066 Paraguay229
37,600 Italy205
34,956 Morocco170
18,720 Spain148
8,969 Switzerland106
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
3,576 Wales86
140,446 Thailand79
73,621 Germany73
6,481 Dominican Republic62
1,039 French Polynesia61
930 New Caledonia57
60,033 South Africa57
145,688 Indonesia54
1,973 Luxembourg51
38,060 Netherlands51
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
21,792 Mexico46
10,086 Portugal38
9,090 Uruguay38
24,440 Benin35
11,507 Scotland24
5,468 Northern Ireland23
11,611 Singapore21
8,761 Mongolia19
19,774 Chile18
3,823 Angola16
188,373 Philippines15
5,995 China12
28,015 Peru12
25,625 United Arab Emirates12
29,869 Venezuela11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
47,113 Algeria10
2,378 Gabon9
434 Monaco9
30,726 Qatar9
90,587 Sweden8
68,299 Israel7
9,403 Trinidad and Tobago7
170,578 Malaysia6
8,537 Mauritius6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Catharine Guerin worked as immigrant and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 33 years old embarked for USA from Limerick on Laura and arrived on August 28, 1849. 20 years old Catherine Guerin, Workwoman Ann Guerin, 30 years old Honora Guerin, Honora Guerin, James Guerin, aged 7 months old, Milliner Anne-Mrs. Guerin, 20 years old Katy Guerin, James Guerin (25) , and 1 other Guerin mainly milliner migrated to US.

From Italy

29 years old laborer Ant. Guerin who was residing in Aregliano, Italy migrated to New York on May 18, 1883 by Alesia put out from Naples.

From Germany

T. Guerin was 28 years old when he migrated to USA on January 8, 1851. He lived in France where he worked as merchant and took Washington from Bremen & Southampton. George Guerin, aged 36, 22 years old Felix Guerin, Simon Guerin, aged 25, Farmer Leopold Guerin, 27 years old Louise Guerin, Eugenie Guerin, aged 18, Pierre Guerin (34) Farmer, Francois Guerin (42), and 45 other Guerin around 32.61% of whom were merchant while others worked as farmer and daughter, manufacturer, laborer, gasfitter migrated to US.

Guerin Namesakes

  • Bella Guerin,
  • Bill Guerin, American former professional ice hockey player and the current assistant general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins and general manager of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
  • Veronica Guerin, Irish crime reporter
  • Orla Guerin, Irish journalist and news presenter
  • Richie Guerin, American retired professional basketball player and coach
  • Eric Guerin, American Hall of Fame jockey
  • John Guerin, American percussionist

Guerin Namesakes

  • Bella Guerin,
  • Bill Guerin, American former professional ice hockey player and the current assistant general manager of the Pittsburgh Penguins and general manager of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
  • Veronica Guerin, Irish crime reporter
  • Orla Guerin, Irish journalist and news presenter
  • Richie Guerin, American retired professional basketball player and coach
  • Eric Guerin, American Hall of Fame jockey
  • John Guerin, American percussionist

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