The Guimaraes surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 832 people carried this name — #27,313 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 322,600 people counted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
388 people named Guimaraes live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 85 people named Guimaraes.
Most of them — 48 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often French Guiana.
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.
Who carried it
People named Guimaraes,
with a public archive behind them.
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Florencia Guimaraes García 1980– · LGBTQ rights activist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 18 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Guimaraes.
- Guillory 14,351 · U.S. census
- Guillot 4,371 · U.S. census
- Guillotte 1,020 · U.S. census
- Guillou 105 · U.S. census
- Guilmain 163 · U.S. census
- Guilmet 176 · U.S. census
- Guimond 1,805 · U.S. census
- Guimont 440 · U.S. census
- Guin 2,635 · U.S. census
- Guinard 329 · U.S. census
- Guindon 634 · U.S. census
- Guinee 260 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Guimaraes is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.