Explore the Family Name Guthridge

The meaning of Guthridge

1. Possibly an altered form of German Güttrich (see Guttery). 2. English (Durham): variant of Cutteridge (due to confusion with Goodrich), from a Middle English descendant of the Old English personal name Cūthrīc, itself from cūth ‘famous’ + rīc ‘power(ful)’.

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

The surname Guthridge, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, has seen a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Guthridge was ranked as the 26,104th most popular name in the United States, and by 2010 it had slipped to 28,065th place, marking a decline of 7.51%. The count of people bearing this surname also fell from 882 in 2000 to 853 in 2010, a decrease of 3.29%. Additionally, the proportion per 100,000 people with the surname Guthridge declined by 12.12% over the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#26,104	#28,065	-7.51%
Count	882	853	-3.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.33	0.29	-12.12%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Guthridge

In terms of ethnicity, the census data reveals that the majority of individuals with the Guthridge surname identify as White, although there has been a slight decrease (3.32%) in the proportions between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Black increased by about 9.66% during that same decade, while the percentage of those identifying as Hispanic saw the largest increase at 134.40%. The share of individuals identifying with two or more races moderately rose by 3.68%. No individuals with the Guthridge surname identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian/Alaskan Native in either year. This information is all according to the Decennial U.S. Census.

	2000	2010	Change
White	83.79%	81.01%	-3.32%
Black	13.15%	14.42%	9.66%
Hispanic	1.25%	2.93%	134.4%
Two or More Races	1.36%	1.41%	3.68%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%