Guise is used as a family name or surname in Ireland, England. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Guise
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland, England
Meaning:

A district in the cast of France.

Guise is a variant form of the Wyon. From Guyon, a Norman personal name; so Wyatt from Guyot, Wasconia from Gascony, etc.

How popular is Guise?

Despite the fact that the number of Guise bearers increased by 2.64 per cent in 2010 US census to 1361 since 2000, the surname slipped by 767 spots and ranked at 19774. The last name was found in around 5 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 79.06 81.98
Black 15.8 15.01

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Guise worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 36 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Patrick Henry and arrived on July 24, 1848. 30 years old Sarah Guise, James Guise (20) Immigrant, William Guise, Immigrant Bernard Guise, Fanny Guise, are others that migrated to US.

From Italy

Daughter Angiola Guise from Italy aboard the Alesia from Marseilles & Naples. She is registered to be 15 years old when she arrived in Syracuse on August 27, 1895.

From Germany

Cathar. Guise was 31 years old when she migrated to USA on September 18, 1852. She lived in Bavaria and took Liberty from Havre. Farmer Adam Guise, E. Guise, Wilh. Guise, aged 28, Albertine Guise, 26 years old Florentine Guise, Gottfrd. Guise, aged 26, are others that migrated to US from Havre, Hamburg and Bremen.

Guise Namesakes

  • Henry I, Duke of Guise, eldest son of Francis, Duke of Guise
  • Henry II, Duke of Guise, second son of Charles
  • Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, fourth son of Claude, Duke of Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon, and the younger brother of Charles of Guise
  • Louis II, Cardinal of Guise, third son of Francis, Duke of Guise
  • Louis III, Cardinal of Guise, third son of Henry I
  • Charles, Duke of Guise, son of Henry I
  • François Joseph, Duke of Guise, only son of Louis Joseph de Lorraine
  • Robert Paul Marie de Guise, colonial administrator
  • Mary of Guise,
  • Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician
  • Claude, Duke of Guise, French aristocrat and general
  • John Christopher Guise, British Army officer and English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, son of Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres
  • Martin Guise, British naval officer

Guise Namesakes

  • Henry I, Duke of Guise, eldest son of Francis, Duke of Guise
  • Henry II, Duke of Guise, second son of Charles
  • Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, fourth son of Claude, Duke of Guise and Antoinette de Bourbon, and the younger brother of Charles of Guise
  • Louis II, Cardinal of Guise, third son of Francis, Duke of Guise
  • Louis III, Cardinal of Guise, third son of Henry I
  • Charles, Duke of Guise, son of Henry I
  • François Joseph, Duke of Guise, only son of Louis Joseph de Lorraine
  • Robert Paul Marie de Guise, colonial administrator
  • Mary of Guise,
  • Francis, Duke of Guise, French soldier and politician
  • Claude, Duke of Guise, French aristocrat and general
  • John Christopher Guise, British Army officer and English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, son of Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres
  • Martin Guise, British naval officer

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