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Early Origins of the Guillermo family

The surname Guillermo was first found in Catalonia, in northeastern Spain.

Early History of the Guillermo family

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Guillermo Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Qiumiro, Quimaro, Guimiro, Guimaro, Guimera, Guillermo and many more.

Early Notables of the Guillermo family

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Guillermo Ranking

In the United States, the name Guillermo is the 9,828th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. [1]


United States Guillermo migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Guillermo Settlers in United States in the 16th Century
  • Bartolome Guillermo who immigrated to Cartagena in 1534
  • Hernan Guillermo who arrived in Peru in 1555
Guillermo Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Bartolome Guillermo, who arrived in Cartagena in 1834 [2]
  • Juan Guillermo, who landed in Spanish Main in 1834 [2]
  • Cesar De Guillermo, aged 21, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1875 [2]
  • Cesar De Guillermo DeLasHeras who settled in Puerto Rico in 1875

Contemporary Notables of the name Guillermo (post 1700) +

  • Francisco Guillermo Cumplido Cereceda (1930-2022), Chilean politician, Minister of State (1990–1994)
  • Luis Guillermo Eichhorn (1942-2022), Argentine Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Morón (1996-2004)
  • Leonel Guillermo Sánchez Lineros (1936-2022), Chilean professional footballer who played as a striker on the left wing
  • Héctor Guillermo Aramburu (b. 1916), Argentine physician
  • Francisco Guillermo Flores Pérez (1959-2016), Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador from 1999 to 2004
  • Eduardo Guillermo Bonvallet Godoy (1955-2015), Chilean footballer
  • Bartolomé Guillermo Blanche Espejo (1879-1970), Chilean military officer and provisional president of Chile in 1932
  • Francisco Guillermo Ochoa Magaña (b. 1985), Mexican footballer who plays for Spanish club Málaga
  • Alberto Guillermo Quintano Ralph (b. 1946), known as El Mariscal, a former Chilean footballer
  • Roberto Guillermo Peper (1913-1999), Argentine swimmer at the 1932 Summer Olympics


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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