Guerre

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɡɛʁ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Guerre is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 36K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CMCameroon≈1 in 200K
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 227K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

France (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,900 people, est.

Sources
210 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 36K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Guerre counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Guerre is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FR France≈1,900 est.≈1 in 36K183Guerre210
US United States2511 in 1.3M251Guerre60
ZA South Africa≈250 est.≈1 in 227K—Guerre6
DZ Algeria≈140 est.≈1 in 309K—Guerre4
CM Cameroon≈140 est.≈1 in 200K—Guerre1
BE Belgium291 in 404K29Guerre11

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Guerre is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, South Africa, Canada, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, Dutch

    Also written Ğūeŕrė, Ğuërre

  • Spanish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Güerre, Guérre, Gūëřŕë

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Güerre

  • German surname17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States

    Also written Güerre, Gurra, Gürra, Gurre, Gürre

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Algeria, United States

    Also written Gúerré

  • Italian surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy, United States

    Also written Gûėrrę

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Guerre is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In fro, war (large-scale conflict)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In frm, war (large-scale combat)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Karš

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Martin Guerre, b. 1524Léon Guerre, b. 1834Henri Guerre, b. 1885Roger Guerre, b. 1946Bernard Guerre, b. 1954Jean-Michel Guerre, b. 1955Graziella Guerre, b. 1960Guillaume Guerre, b. 1991Camille Guerre, b. 1996

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 14 sources across 8 countries.

Official registers attesting Guerre
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1921318—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1951311—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1941296—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1961286—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1971264—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1931259—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1901258—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010251#76,533
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1981249—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)1911244—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020239#84,529
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000233#76,700

Reference works 2

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Guerre?
A machine transcription gives /ɡɛʁ/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Guerre have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 thousand people named Guerre in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled guerre.
How common is the name Guerre?
In the United States, the national register counted 251 people named Guerre in 2010, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Guerre”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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