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The Guidi surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,384 people carried this name — #19,513 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 212,800 people counted. That is up 9% from 1,273 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Guidi surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Patronymic surname from the personal name Guido.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Guidi» (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 1,728 people named Guidi 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,056
Santa Fe 257
City of Buenos Aires 167
Río Negro 85
Córdoba 55
La Pampa 19
San Luis 18
Chubut 17

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 606 people named Guidi.

161 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 161
Bouches-du-Rhône 142
Corsica 78
Alpes-Maritimes 43
Var 30
Paris 20
Moselle 18
Gard 14
Meurthe-et-Moselle 10

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

307 people named Guidi live in Switzerland.

They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Ticino 118
Zurich 46
Aargau 26
Vaud 25
Geneva 19
Neuchâtel 13
Bern 13
Graubünden 9

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 35 people named Guidi 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 Luxembourg Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Luxembourg Province 17
Liège 13
Hainaut 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Guidi,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Masaccio
    Masaccio 1401–1428 · painter
  • Jacopo Guidi
    Jacopo Guidi 1514–1588 · Catholic bishop
  • Ildebrandino Guidi di Romena d. 1313 · Catholic priest
  • Guido Guerra II Guidi d. 1157
  • Tegrimo I Guidi 900–930
  • Sofia Guidi 1115–1124

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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