Guzmán


Guzmán or de Guzmán is a Spanish surname. The Portuguese language equivalent is Gusmão.

Origins

The surname is of toponymic origin, de Guzmán, deriving from the village of Guzmán in the region of Burgos. The earliest individual documented using this surname was Rodrigo Muñoz de Guzmán, who first appears in a document from 1134 and was the founder of the noble House of Guzmán.
In the Philippines, Canada and the United States the name usually becomes Guzman.

Notable people with the surname

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Notable people with the given name

Guzmán has also rarely been used as a given name. Notable people with the given name Guzmán include: