The Guyton surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,191 people carried this name — #4,337 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 7,634 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

23 families named Guyton, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 148 people lived in those households, 6.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 6 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Maryland 15
North Carolina 4
Virginia 2
South Carolina 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 243 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Guyton in American newspapers,
1905–1914.

Newspaper page from The Evening Statesman carrying the name Guyton
The Evening Statesman 1905-02-18
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Guyton
South Bend News-times 1914-03-10

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Guyton in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.

556 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Guyton. The most, 265, date from the 1890s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 195
Victoria 155
Queensland 79
Western Australia 78
South Australia 25
Tasmania 20
ACT (Canberra) 2
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Guyton,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau
    Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau 1737–1816 · politician
  • Arthur Guyton
    Arthur Guyton 1919–2003 · physician
  • Louis-Marie Guyton 1794–1869 · physician
  • Emma Jane Guyton 1825–1887 · editor
  • Walter Guyton Cady 1874–1974 · physicist

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 Guyton,
in the records of 4 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 States314 records

314 records of the Guyton name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 228
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 68
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Johnnie B. Guyton

    Born 1918 in Alabama. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia; farm hand from Lamar County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Kennedy Cemetery, Sulligent, Alabama.

    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 Melvin Guyton

    Born 1948; from Hamtramck, Michigan. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Hua Nghia, 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 Dennis Guyton

    Arrived at New York in 1854 aboard the William Rathbone from Liverpool, aged 25; laborer. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 314 records for Guyton in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Australia14 records

14 records of the Guyton name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 9
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Guyton

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Katherine Stewart Forbes, arriving 1830; ticket of leave 1837.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Rebecca Guyton

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Emma Colvin, aged 2.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record George Guyton

    Left Launceston in 1853 aboard the Clarence, bound for Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Guyton in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

France7 records

7 records of the Guyton name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Alice Fernande Guyton

    Born 1923 in Limalonges (Deux-Sèvres); died 1976 in Orléans (Loiret).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marcel Henri Guyton

    Born 1895 in Limalonges (Deux-Sèvres); died 1973 in Plaintel (Côtes-d'Armor).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Paul Arthur Guyton

    Born 1900 in Limalonges; died 1989 in Niort (Deux-Sèvres).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Guyton in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Guyton name in Canada
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Leslie Harcourt Guyton

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record E. A. Guyton

    Came to Ontario in 1882 aboard the Sarmatian, landing at Quebec, bound for Stratford, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Showing 2 of 3 records for Guyton in Canada.

Counts: Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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