Explore the Family Name Guggisberg

The meaning of Guggisberg

Swiss German: habitational name from a place called with gugge, guggi ‘cuckoo’ or ‘toad’ + berg ‘mountain, hill’. South German guggi ‘toad’ may be a derivative of gug, an old word meaning ‘swamp’.

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

The surname Guggisberg has seen a slight increase in popularity within the United States over the past decade, as per data from the Decennial U.S. Census. In 2000, Guggisberg was ranked 46,944th in terms of frequency compared to other surnames in the country. By 2010, it had climbed to 45,495th, marking a 3.09 percent increase. The actual count of individuals bearing this surname also rose during this period, from 426 in 2000 to 470 in 2010 — an uptick of 10.33 percent. However, the proportion of people named Guggisberg per 100,000 population remained constant at 0.16.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#46,944	#45,495	3.09%
Count	426	470	10.33%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.16	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Guggisberg

When it comes to ethnic identity, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, Guggisberg is predominantly associated with individuals identifying as White. In 2000, a staggering 98.59 percent of those with this surname identified as White, although this figure dropped slightly to 96.17 percent in 2010. Interestingly, there was also a small emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic with this surname in 2010 — a demographic that hadn't been recorded in the 2000 census. There were no recorded instances of individuals with the Guggisberg surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either the 2000 or 2010 census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.59%	96.17%	-2.45%
Hispanic	0%	2.77%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%