The Gui surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 479 people carried this name — #44,808 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is up 42% from 337 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gui surname
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 媯 /妫 (Guī).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gui» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 114 people named Gui.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Deux-Sèvres.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 100 people named Gui 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.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 33 people named Gui 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 Antwerp.
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.
Who carried it
People named Gui,
with a public archive behind them.
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Lord Mengchang d. -278 · politician -
Sun Tzu -543–-469 · writer -
Sun Tzu -543–-495 · writer
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Sun Tzu -543–-469 · writer
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Sun Tzu -543–-495 · writer
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Guidian d. 1958 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gui.
- 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
- Guhl 679 · U.S. census
- Guibert 163 · U.S. census
- Guichard 611 · U.S. census
- Guichet 115 · U.S. census
- Guida 2,974 · U.S. census
- Guide 225 · U.S. census
- Guidetti 323 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Gui is.
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