The Guinn surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,577 people carried this name — #2,868 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,500 people counted. That is down 1% from 12,641 in 2000.

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In print

Guinn in American newspapers,
1902–1921.

Newspaper page from Iowa County Democrat carrying the name Guinn
Iowa County Democrat 1902-11-06
Newspaper page from Polk County News carrying the name Guinn
Polk County News 1921-07-21
Newspaper page from Rockingham Post-dispatch carrying the name Guinn
Rockingham Post-dispatch 1920-01-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 27,553 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Guinn in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

4,738 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Guinn. The most, 1,285, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 3,062
Victoria 1,071
Queensland 437
South Australia 72
Tasmania 49
Western Australia 37
ACT (Canberra) 7
Northern Territory 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Guinn.

Who carried it

People named Guinn,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Miller Guinn
    James Miller Guinn 1834–1918 · businessperson
  • Kenny Guinn
    Kenny Guinn 1936–2010 · politician
  • Nora Guinn 1920–2005 · judge
  • Gene Guinn 1928–2016 · botanist
  • Rob Guinn 1976–2008 · ice hockey player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Guinn,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States856 records

856 records of the Guinn name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 471
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 216
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 67
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 36
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 29
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 17
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Donald K. Guinn

    Born 1919 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1941 at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia; farm hand. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Freddie Ray Guinn

    Born 1948; from Elizabethton, Tennessee. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bridget Guinn

    Arrived at New York in 1856 aboard the City of Brooklyn from Liverpool, aged 20; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 856 records for Guinn in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia30 records

30 records of the Guinn name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 17
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 12
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Elizabeth Guinn

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Gloriana, aged 30; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Frederick Alfred Stanley Guinn

    Gentleman of Beaumaris, Victoria; died 1961.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Thomas Guinn

    Listed at Hobart, Tasmania, in the census of 1842.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 30 records for Guinn in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada11 records

11 records of the Guinn name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 6
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gladine Gwendolyn Guinn

    Buried in 1967 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 69.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Guinn

    Died 1945 in South Harbour, Victoria, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Lucy Guinn

    Married 1869 in Victoria, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 11 records for Guinn in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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