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The Guillen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 30,153 people carried this name — #1,166 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,780 people counted. That is up 42% from 21,257 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 8,145 people named Guillen 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.

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Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 3,351
City of Buenos Aires 859
Formosa 533
Mendoza 493
Córdoba 438
Chaco 417
Santa Fe 339
Corrientes 305

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 830 people named Guillen.

230 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 67 départements, most often Vaucluse.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 230
Vaucluse 58
Rhône 49
Paris 46
Bouches-du-Rhône 45
Hérault 31
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 29
Hauts-de-Seine 23
Gironde 20

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

162 people named Guillen live in Switzerland.

They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Geneva 40
Zurich 33
Vaud 24
Valais 17
Bern 14
Schaffhausen 7
Fribourg 6
Aargau 5

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 print

Guillen in American newspapers,
1898–1925.

Newspaper page from El Tucsonense carrying the name Guillen
El Tucsonense 1925-06-30
Newspaper page from The Morning News carrying the name Guillen
The Morning News 1898-04-06
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Guillen
New-york Tribune 1898-12-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,452 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Guillen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jerome Guillen
    Jerome Guillen 1972–
  • Ryan Guillen
    Ryan Guillen 1977– · politician
  • Aaron Guillen
    Aaron Guillen 1993– · association football player
  • Alanis Guillen
    Alanis Guillen 1998– · actor
  • Victor Guillen 1892–1968 · cricket umpire
  • Sammy Guillen 1924–2013 · cricketer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 23 lives in all are documented under this name.

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