Guinea Surname
Approximately 5,721 people bear this surname
Guinea Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2,070 | 1:22,586 | 2,431 |
| Peru | 472 | 1:67,339 | 5,079 |
| Philippines | 462 | 1:219,130 | 33,972 |
| Romania | 405 | 1:49,575 | 6,134 |
| El Salvador | 405 | 1:15,664 | 832 |
| United States | 256 | 1:1,415,855 | 97,523 |
| Israel | 253 | 1:33,825 | 4,741 |
| Australia | 207 | 1:130,414 | 14,194 |
| Mexico | 204 | 1:608,462 | 10,023 |
| Argentina | 181 | 1:236,151 | 19,247 |
| Colombia | 176 | 1:271,444 | 5,545 |
| Guatemala | 173 | 1:92,963 | 2,853 |
| England | 108 | 1:515,908 | 32,533 |
| Nicaragua | 53 | 1:113,605 | 1,989 |
| Italy | 51 | 1:1,199,151 | 74,752 |
| Uruguay | 45 | 1:76,261 | 7,891 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Afghanistan | 35 | 1:918,662 | 9,049 |
| Scotland | 30 | 1:178,461 | 9,900 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Honduras | 5 | 1:1,763,288 | 5,823 |
| Northern Ireland | 5 | 1:369,007 | 15,220 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 36 | 1:123,052 | 7,230 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 23 | 1:1,059,799 | 41,508 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:207,956 | 7,652 |
| Wales | 10 | 1:156,842 | 6,008 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 77 | 1:652,191 | 42,935 |
The alternate forms: Guiñea (5) are calculated separately.
Guinea (268) may also be a first name.
Guinea Demographics
Average Guinea Salary in
United States
$41,165 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Guinea Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guinea Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Guinea (Arabic: غينا) occurs most in Spain. It can also appear as: Guiñea. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Guinea? popularity and diffusion
It is the 84,460th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 1,273,824 people. The surname Guinea occurs mostly in Europe, where 48 percent of Guinea reside; 38 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 37 percent reside in Iberian Europe. It is also the 543,171st most commonly used given name on earth. It is borne by 268 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Spain, where it is carried by 2,070 people, or 1 in 22,586. In Spain it is primarily found in: Basque Country, where 36 percent reside, Madrid, where 24 percent reside and Castile and León, where 10 percent reside. Besides Spain this last name exists in 53 countries. It also occurs in Peru, where 8 percent reside and The Philippines, where 8 percent reside.
Guinea Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Guinea has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name increased 332 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 470 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 167 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it fell 90 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Guinea Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is primarily Catholic (69%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Guinea surname are 27.72% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 80.95% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Guinea earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 14.83% more than the national average, earning S/. 22,259 per year; in Colombia they earn 17.6% more than the national average, earning $26,698,800 COP per year and in United States they earn 4.6% less than the national average, earning $41,165 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Guinea Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Guinea in the Arabic language | ||
| غينا | ghyna | - |
| غينيا | ghynya | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Guinea
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