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The Guedes surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 510 people carried this name — #40,397 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

654 people named Guedes live in Switzerland.

They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 142
Geneva 112
Zurich 55
Fribourg 52
Valais 47
Graubünden 33
Ticino 29
Lucerne 28

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 540 people named Guedes.

78 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 42 départements, most often Finistère.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 78
Finistère 336
Paris 21
Var 15
Yvelines 11
Pas-de-Calais 5
Indre-et-Loire 5
Haute-Garonne 5
Ille-et-Vilaine 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In print

Guedes in American newspapers,
1893–1962.

Newspaper page from Le ProgrèS carrying the name Guedes
Le ProgrèS 1910-07-22
Newspaper page from Omaha Daily Bee carrying the name Guedes
Omaha Daily Bee 1921-11-25
Newspaper page from La Gaceta carrying the name Guedes
La Gaceta 1939-03-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 885 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Guedes,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Luís Vaz Pereira Pinto Guedes
    Luís Vaz Pereira Pinto Guedes 1770–1841 · military officer
  • Augusta Cândida Emília Vaz Guedes de Ataíde Malafaia
    Augusta Cândida Emília Vaz Guedes de Ataíde Malafaia 1800–1873
  • José Guedes de Sousa
    José Guedes de Sousa 1830–1897 · planter class
  • Delfim Deodato Guedes
    Delfim Deodato Guedes 1842–1895
  • Olívia Guedes Penteado
    Olívia Guedes Penteado 1872–1934 · philanthropist

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 141 lives in all are documented under this name.

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