The Guth surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,453 people carried this name — #9,418 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,474 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Guth surname
From the German and Jewish surname, from the adjective gut (“good”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Guth» (English), 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 1,228 people named Guth.
44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 53 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
144 people named Guth have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 183 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
126 people named Guth live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 23 people named Guth 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
82 people named Guth is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Guth,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jean-Jacques Guth d. 2002
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Martin Guth d. 1646 · bookseller
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Georg Guth 1585– · mintmaster
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Jane Ann Nowland Guth 1843–1923
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Petr Guth 1853–1908 · civil servant
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Isidor Guth 1855–1917
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Guth.
- Gusse 167 · U.S. census
- Gustave 1,124 · U.S. census
- Gustin 4,832 · U.S. census
- Guston 112 · U.S. census
- Gut 654 · U.S. census
- Gutfreund 170 · U.S. census
- Guthmann 190 · U.S. census
- Gutierres 3,090 · U.S. census
- Gutierrez 293,218 · U.S. census
- Gutknecht 1,050 · U.S. census
- Gutman 3,056 · U.S. census
- Gutmann 913 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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