The Guerrero surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 128,677 people carried this name — #234 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,290 people counted. That is up 37% from 94,152 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Guerrero surname
Borrowed from Spanish Guerrero (literally “warrior”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Guerrero» (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 43,738 people named Guerrero 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 902 people named Guerrero.
Most of them — 462 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 51 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
510 people named Guerrero live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In the Nordic population registers
91 people named Guerrero is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Guerrero in American newspapers,
1905–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 61,672 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Guerrero,
with a public archive behind them.
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Francisco Guerrero 1528–1599 · composer -
Vicente Guerrero 1782–1831 · military personnel -
Felicitas Guerrero 1846–1872 -
María Guerrero 1867–1928 · actor -
Fernando María Guerrero Ramírez 1873–1929 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 201 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Guerrero.
- Guerci 132 · U.S. census
- Guerin 6,291 · U.S. census
- Guerini 102 · U.S. census
- Guerra 70,071 · U.S. census
- Guerre 251 · U.S. census
- Guerreiro 508 · U.S. census
- Guerri 114 · U.S. census
- Guerrier 3,372 · U.S. census
- Guerrieri 999 · U.S. census
- Guerriero 2,734 · U.S. census
- Guerrin 123 · U.S. census
- Guerrini 398 · U.S. census
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