Explore the Family Name Guerrette

The meaning of Guerrette

American French: variant of Guerette. Some characteristic forenames: French Antoine, Armand, Germaine, Adrien, Alphee, Camil, Camille, Josephe, Lucien, Ludger, Marcel, Rosaire.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Guerrette in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Guerrette has seen a modest increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 27,744th most common surname, with a count of 816 individuals carrying the name. A decade later, the rank had slightly improved to 27,732, an upward shift of 0.04 percent. The count also increased by 6.25 percent to 867 people. However, the proportion per 100,000 people slightly decreased by 3.33 percent from 0.3 to 0.29.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,744	#27,732	0.04%
Count	816	867	6.25%
Proportion per 100k	0.3	0.29	-3.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Guerrette

Regarding ethnicity associated with the surname Guerrette, based on the Decennial U.S. Census, there have been minor shifts between 2000 and 2010. The majority of Guerrettes identify as White, with 98.16 percent in 2000 and a slight decrease of 0.24 percent to 97.92 percent in 2010. People of Hispanic ethnicity represented 0.98 percent in 2000, rising by 6.12 percent to 1.04 percent in 2010. Those who identified with two or more ethnicities made up 0.61 percent of the Guerrettes in 2000, decreasing by 4.92 percent to 0.58 percent in 2010. There were no recorded instances of Guerrettes identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.16%	97.92%	-0.24%
Hispanic	0.98%	1.04%	6.12%
Two or More Races	0.61%	0.58%	-4.92%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%