Explore the Family Name Guinto

The meaning of Guinto

Probably a metathesized form of Italian Giunto, a variant of Giunta. Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Pedro, Virgilio, Arsenio, Vicente, Adriana, Alberto, Alfredo, Anabel, Angelita, Artemio, Augustina, Benedicto. Italian Carlo, Enrico.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Guinto has seen a significant rise from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Guinto was ranked as the 29,261st most popular surname in the United States, but by 2010 it had jumped to 21,251st, marking an increase of over 27%. The count of people with this surname also increased substantially, by almost 62%, from 762 in 2000 to 1234 in 2010. This resulted in an increase in the proportion of individuals named Guinto per 100,000 people, which rose by 50% during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,261	#21,251	27.37%
Count	762	1,234	61.94%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.42	50%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Guinto

In regard to ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the largest percentage of individuals with the surname Guinto identify as Asian/Pacific Islander, making up approximately 64% of the population in 2010, a slight increase from 2000. The second largest group identified as White, though this group saw a decrease of over 33% from 2000 to 2010. During the same period, the proportion of those identifying as Hispanic saw a notable increase of nearly 60%. A small proportion identified as Black or two or more races while no respondents identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
Asian/Pacific Islander	62.73%	63.86%	1.8%
Hispanic	10.37%	16.53%	59.4%
White	23.1%	15.32%	-33.68%
Two or More Races	3.81%	3.81%	0%
Black	0%	0.49%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%