The Gueye surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,274 people carried this name — #20,750 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 232,600 people counted. That is up 140% from 530 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 387 people named Gueye.
Most of them — 289 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 départements, most often Paris.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 252 people named Gueye 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 Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
186 people named Gueye live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 136 people named Gueye 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 City of Buenos Aires.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
60 people named Gueye 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
Gueye in American newspapers,
1919–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 81 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gueye,
with a public archive behind them.
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Oulimata Gueye 1950– · curator -
André Gueye 1967– · Catholic priest -
Pabi Gueye 1978– · basketball player -
Idrissa Gueye 1989– · association football player -
Mariama Gueye 1989– · actor
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 73 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gueye.
- Guerry 621 · U.S. census
- Guers 116 · U.S. census
- Guertin 3,097 · U.S. census
- Guest 9,483 · U.S. census
- Guetta 101 · U.S. census
- Guevara 46,454 · U.S. census
- Gugenheim 109 · U.S. census
- Guglielmetti 353 · U.S. census
- Guglielmi 817 · U.S. census
- Guglielmini 111 · U.S. census
- Guglielmino 235 · U.S. census
- Guglielmo 2,078 · U.S. census
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