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The GU surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 3,098 9629 0.001 12
United States (1880 census) 47 51250 0 1
Change since 1880 +3051 +41621 +N/A +11
Other Countries
Australia 364 4360 0.002 22
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for GU by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 938 3156 0.003 28
New York 402 4568 0.002 21
New Jersey 220 4179 0.003 26
Texas 214 8163 0.001 10
Massachusetts 139 5651 0.002 22
Top States for GU by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
California 938 3156 0.003 28
New Jersey 220 4179 0.003 26
Massachusetts 139 5651 0.002 22
New York 402 4568 0.002 21
Hawaii 25 4149 0.002 21

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called GU live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called GU represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called GU in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a GU by picking someone at random in California than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of GU

Sorry, we don't have any origin and classification information for the GU surname.

Ethnic distribution of GU in the USA

Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 60 1.94
White (Hispanic) 47 1.52
Mixed Race 26 0.84
Asian/Pacific 2,947 95.13
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the GU surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

GU is a genuine surname, but it's an uncommon one. Did you possibly mean one of these instead?

Meaning of GU in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of GU.

Similar names to GU

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as GU.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.