Guire

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Reduced form of Irish and Scottish McGuire

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

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

Guire is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Burkina Faso than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 873K(measured from records)
  • BFBurkina Faso≈1 in 6.9K
  • CICôte d’Ivoire≈1 in 13K

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.

Burkina Faso (inferred from the name graph)

≈3,000 people, est.

Sources
209 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 6.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Burkina Faso, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Reduced form of Irish and Scottish McGuire.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Guire 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 Guire is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BF Burkina Faso≈3,000 est.≈1 in 6.9K—Guire5
CI Côte d’Ivoire≈2,200 est.≈1 in 13K251Guire6
US United States3811 in 873K381Guire209
FR France≈150 est.≈1 in 442K13Guire99
PH Philippines≈110 est.≈1 in 1M—Guire11
CA Canada≈73 est.≈1 in 517K—Guire30
IE Ireland≈30 est.≈1 in 171K—Guire33

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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies. 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)

Guire is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Argentina, Peru, United States, Venezuela

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Güire, Gùïrē

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Guiré

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Guiré

41 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)

Guire is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Americanized spelling of German Geier.

    as a nameDictionary of American Family Names

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)

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 Mr Guire,
InformalHi Guire,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 6 countries.

Official registers attesting Guire
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010381#54,178
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020374#58,578
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000314#60,083
CI Côte d’Ivoirenomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies—251#1,762
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195131—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194119—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)198116—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)196115—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197114—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)192114—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)199113—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)193111—

Reference works 3

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

What does the name Guire mean, and where does it come from?
Reduced form of Irish and Scottish McGuire. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Guire?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɡaɪɹ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Guire have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 3.0 thousand people named Guire in Burkina Faso, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled guire.
How common is the name Guire?
In the United States, the national register counted 381 people named Guire in 2010, about 1 in 873 thousand 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, “Guire”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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