Explore the Family Name Guthmiller

The meaning of Guthmiller

Americanized form of German Guthmüller, a nickname or distinguishing name from Middle High German guot ‘good’ (see Guth) + mūler ‘miller’. Some characteristic forenames: German Reinhold, Milbert, Otto.

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

The surname Guthmiller, based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, experienced a slight decline in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 27,085th in terms of prevalence amongst all surnames, but had slipped to 27,818th by 2010, marking a decrease of 2.71%. However, despite this drop in rank, the actual count of individuals with the Guthmiller surname increased by 2.62%, from 841 in 2000 to 863 in 2010. The proportion of people named Guthmiller per 100,000 decreased by 6.45%, from 0.31 in 2000 to 0.29 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#27,085	#27,818	-2.71%
Count	841	863	2.62%
Proportion per 100k	0.31	0.29	-6.45%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Guthmiller

Regarding the ethnicity associated with the Guthmiller surname, again based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, there has been some fluctuation over the decade. The overwhelming majority of individuals with the Guthmiller surname were identified as White in both 2000 (97.27%) and 2010 (96.99%), with a negligible decrease in this percentage. There was a notable increase in those identifying as Hispanic, jumping from 1.31% in 2000 to 1.97% in 2010, which represented a change of 50.38%. No individuals identified as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year, while data for those identifying with two or more races was suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.27%	96.99%	-0.29%
Hispanic	1.31%	1.97%	50.38%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.83%	0%	0%