Explore the Family Name Guse

The meaning of Guse

1. East German: from a shortened form of the personal name August. 2. German (also Güse): habitational name from Güsen, near Genthin in Saxony-Anhalt. Some characteristic forenames: German Frieda, Erwin, Ewald, Gebhard, Hans, Inge, Kurt, Rainer, Reinhardt, Reinhold.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Guse has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of the surname dropped from 17,695 to 18,431, indicating a 4.16% drop. However, the actual count of people with this surname experienced a small rise from 1,461 in 2000 to 1,502 in 2010, an increase of 2.81%. Despite this, the proportion per 100,000 people saw a slight decrease from 0.54 to 0.51, a change of -5.56%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#17,695	#18,431	-4.16%
Count	1,461	1,502	2.81%
Proportion per 100k	0.54	0.51	-5.56%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Guse

The ethnicity distribution of the surname Guse also showed some changes between 2000 and 2010 according to the Decennial U.S. Census. The majority of people with this surname identified as White, with a minor decrease from 95.96% to 95.21%. A notable change was observed in the Hispanic category, which increased significantly by 108.33%, from 0.96% to 2.00%. The proportion of people identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander decreased slightly from 0.89% to 0.80%. Those identifying with two or more races increased slightly from 1.16% to 1.26%. The categories of Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native were not represented in the 2010 data, possibly due to data suppression for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.96%	95.21%	-0.78%
Hispanic	0.96%	2%	108.33%
Two or More Races	1.16%	1.26%	8.62%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.89%	0.8%	-10.11%
Black	0.68%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.34%	0%	0%