Family name Гутен (Houten 
, Гутен 
) , throughout the world, is quite a common surname. The cognomen Гутен is characteristic of Netherlands, where it is quite a common surname, Belgium, where it is quite a rare surname, and Ireland, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Netherlands, Indonesia, and the United States. Much less frequently, Гутен is the forename as well as the last name.