The Guardia surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 705 people carried this name — #32,599 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted. That is up 24% from 570 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Guardia surname
From Romance languages.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Guardia» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 10,606 people named Guardia live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 190 people named Guardia.
53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 31 départements, most often Hérault.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
38 people named Guardia live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Guardia,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph-Michel Guardia 1830–1897 · physician -
Ricardo Adolfo de la Guardia Arango 1899–1969 · politician -
Raul Del Carmen Guardia Olivares d. 1973 · public employee
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Michele Guardia 1666–1718 · Catholic priest
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Jorge Guardia Carazo 1881–1956 · politician
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Lenin Guardia 1901– · sociologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Guardia.
- Gschwind 385 · U.S. census
- Gsell 717 · U.S. census
- Gual 231 · U.S. census
- Gualandi 163 · U.S. census
- Gualano 242 · U.S. census
- Gualtieri 1,298 · U.S. census
- Guardiola 2,889 · U.S. census
- Guarino 6,775 · U.S. census
- Guarneri 718 · U.S. census
- Guarnieri 1,255 · U.S. census
- Guasch 184 · U.S. census
- Guasco 206 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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