Güth
surname · Latin script
Güth is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: German and Jewish surname, from the adjective gut (“good”). Compare Good, Gut.
- DEGermany≈1 in 17K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 96K
- CDCongo - Kinshasa≈1 in 28K
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.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 291 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)
≈15,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Guth in US United States, DE Germany, SG Singapore and 3 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
German and Jewish surname, from the adjective gut (“good”). Compare Good, Gut.
Sources 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wiktionary
- Családnevek enciklopédiája
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Güth 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 95K | — | Guth | 6 |
| DE Germany | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 17K | listed | Guth | 136 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 28K | — | Guth | 1 |
| US United States | 3,453 | 1 in 96K | 3.5K | Guth | 291 |
| FR France | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 37K | 231 | — | 3 |
| AT Austria | ≈130 est. | ≈1 in 66K | — | Guth | 26 |
| SG Singapore | ≈100 est. | ≈1 in 61K | — | Guth | 5 |
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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Heinrich Güthb. 1858DEGerman architect (1858-1918)
- Ñāṇatilokab. 1878DEnot in their usual nameGerman Buddhist monk (1878–1957)
- Fritz Güthb. 1894DEGerman mining engineer
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 1 country.
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Güth mean, and where does it come from?
- German and Jewish surname, from the adjective gut (“good”). Compare Good, Gut. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 1 other source.
- In which country does Güth have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named Güth in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled guth.
- How common is the name Güth?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,453 people named Güth in 2010, about 1 in 96 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/g%C3%BCthThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Güth”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.