Guiness Surname
Approximately 284 people bear this surname
Guiness Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 105 | 1:3,451,990 | 194,849 |
| England | 81 | 1:687,877 | 39,238 |
| Jamaica | 46 | 1:62,390 | 3,274 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 6 | 1:227,329 | 10,175 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 5 | 1:885,973 | 23,404 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 54 | 1:451,396 | 25,813 |
| Scotland | 20 | 1:187,161 | 7,190 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 1:3,138,668 | 142,671 |
Guiness (115) may also be a first name.
Guiness Demographics
Average Guiness Salary in
United States
$56,822 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Guiness Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Guiness Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Guiness is more commonly found in The United States than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Guiness? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 928,396th most widely held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 25,660,373 people. The surname Guiness is predominantly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Guiness reside; 38 percent reside in North America and 37 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Guiness is also the 873,022nd most commonly occurring first name worldwide, held by 115 people.
It is most common in The United States, where it is held by 105 people, or 1 in 3,451,990. In The United States Guiness is most numerous in: New York, where 27 percent live, Georgia, where 22 percent live and California, where 13 percent live. Not including The United States it is found in 22 countries. It also occurs in England, where 29 percent live and Jamaica, where 16 percent live.
Guiness Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Guiness has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Guiness surname expanded 656 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it decreased 95 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it decreased 80 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Guiness Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States Guiness are 17.36% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 70.59% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Guiness earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 14% less than the national average, earning R 204,360 per year and in United States they earn 31.69% more than the national average, earning $56,822 USD per year.
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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 Guiness
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