Gudino
A Spanish surname that likely began as a family name tied to a place-name or to a regional form of a given name.
The #5,903 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 52,804 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Gudino is most likely a Spanish surname, but its exact origin is not securely established from general reference knowledge alone. It may be locational, formed from a place-name or from a regional nickname or given-name form that later became hereditary. Because the name is relatively uncommon, there are several plausible explanations and no single derivation is universally accepted.
History
The surname is found in Spanish-speaking communities, especially in the Americas, where many Spanish surnames were carried by colonial-era migration and later family movement. In the United States it is present but uncommon, suggesting a primarily Hispanic or Latino line of descent. Without a dedicated historical dictionary entry, its early development remains hard to pin down.
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Fun fact
In U.S. records, spellings without the tilde, like Gudino, often reflect Anglicized clerical spellings of surnames originally written with ñ.