The Gutierrez surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 293,218 people carried this name — #67 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,010 people counted. That is up 38% from 212,905 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Gutierrez surname
From Spanish Gutiérrez.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gutierrez» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 177,867 people named Gutierrez 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 1,228 people named Gutierrez.
Most of them — 647 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 73 départements, most often Gironde.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
945 people named Gutierrez live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 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/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
172 people named Gutierrez are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Gutierrez in American newspapers,
1872–1916.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 52,015 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gutierrez.
- Guston 112 · U.S. census
- Gut 654 · U.S. census
- Gutfreund 170 · U.S. census
- Guth 3,453 · U.S. census
- Guthmann 190 · U.S. census
- Gutierres 3,090 · U.S. census
- Gutknecht 1,050 · U.S. census
- Gutman 3,056 · U.S. census
- Gutmann 913 · U.S. census
- Gutowski 2,715 · U.S. census
- Gutter 529 · U.S. census
- Guttmann 393 · U.S. census
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