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The Guion surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,215 people carried this name — #21,495 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 243,900 people counted. That is up 13% from 1,072 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Guion surname

A surname, Guion, transferred from the given name.

Inherited from Old French Guion.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Guion» (French), 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 920 people named Guion.

33 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 62 départements, most often Maine-et-Loire.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 33
Maine-et-Loire 87
Mayenne 62
Vienne 58
Indre-et-Loire 54
Drôme 52
Paris 49
Deux-Sèvres 44
Vaucluse 37

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 25 people named Guion 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

Buenos Aires Province 25

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Guion,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Isaac Guion
    John Isaac Guion 1802–1855 · lawyer
  • Walter Guion
    Walter Guion 1849–1927 · judge
  • Connie Guion
    Connie Guion 1882–1971 · physician
  • David Wendell Guion
    David Wendell Guion 1892–1981 · composer
  • Daniel Guion 1742–1780
  • Daniel Oliver Guion 1776–1811 · military personnel

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Guion.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Guion 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.

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