The Guerriero surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,734 people carried this name — #11,504 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 107,500 people counted. That is up 31% from 2,095 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Guerriero surname
A surname originating as an occupation.
Occupational surname from guerriero (“warrior”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Guerriero» (Italian), 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 356 people named Guerriero 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 103 people named Guerriero.
43 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 17 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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
100 people named Guerriero live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 39 people named Guerriero live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Guerriero in American newspapers,
1830–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 756 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Guerriero,
with a public archive behind them.
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Melchiorre Guerriero 1468–1525
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Nicola Guerriero 1667–1732 · Catholic priest
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Augusto Guerriero 1893–1981 · journalist
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Augusto Guerriero 1893–1981 · journalist
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Simone Guerriero 1901–
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Antonio Guerriero 1913–1993
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Guerriero.
- Guerre 251 · U.S. census
- Guerreiro 508 · U.S. census
- Guerrero 128,677 · U.S. census
- Guerri 114 · U.S. census
- Guerrier 3,372 · U.S. census
- Guerrieri 999 · U.S. census
- Guerrin 123 · U.S. census
- Guerrini 398 · U.S. census
- Guerry 621 · U.S. census
- Guers 116 · U.S. census
- Guertin 3,097 · U.S. census
- Guest 9,483 · U.S. census
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