Guyon is a

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

surname.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 85.7% of all known bearers of the surname ''Guyon'' were residents of

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

(frequency 1:4,367), 4.8% of the

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

(1:427,011), 2.4% of

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

(1:87,614), 1.7% of the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

(1:327,626) and 1.1% of

Gabon Gabon (; ; snq, Ngabu), officially the Gabonese Republic (french: République gabonaise), is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north ...

(1:9,351). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:4,367) in the following regions:Guyon surname distribution
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Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (; , sometimes abbreviated BFC; Arpitan: ''Borgogne-Franche-Comtât'') is a region in Eastern France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions, from a merger of Burgundy and Franche-Comté. The new region ...

(1:1,012) * 2.

Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; ; br, Broioù al Liger) is one of the 18 regions of France, in the west of the mainland. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital, Nantes, one of a handful of "balancing metropolises" (). ...

(1:1,802) * 3.

Centre-Val de Loire Centre-Val de Loire (, , ,In isolation, ''Centre'' is pronounced . ) or Centre Region (french: région Centre, link=no, ), as it was known until 2015, is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France. It straddles the middle Loire Valley ...

(1:2,925) * 4.

Brittany Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...

(1:3,370) * 5.

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-central France created by the 2014 territorial reform of French regions; it resulted from the merger of Au ...

(1:3,951) * 6.

Corsica Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...

(1:4,330)

People

* Adrien Guyon (1866–?), French Olympic fencer * Alexandre Guyon (1829–1905), French actor *

Isabelle Guyon Isabelle Guyon (; born August 15, 1961) is a French-born researcher in machine learning known for her work on support-vector machines, artificial neural networks and bioinformatics. She is a Chair Professor at the University of Paris-Saclay. ...

(born 1961), French-born researcher in machine learning * James Guyon Jr. (1778–1846), politician and cavalry officer from Staten Island, New York *

Jean Guyon Jean Guyon ''du Buisson'' (Bapt. September 18, 1592 – May 30, 1663) was the patriarch of one of the earliest families to settle on the North shore of New France's St. Lawrence River. Guyon made his living as a master mason and, according ...

du Buisson (1592–1663), master mason and early settler of Quebec, Canada *

Jean Casimir Félix Guyon Jean Casimir Félix Guyon (21 July 1831 – 2 August 1920) was a French surgeon and urologist born in Saint-Denis, Ile-Bourbon ( Réunion). He studied medicine in Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1858. He was appointed ''médecin des hôpitau ...

(1831–1920), French urologist at the University of Paris *

Jean-Jacques Guyon Jean-Jacques Guyon (21 December 1932 – 20 December 2017) was a French equestrian and Olympic champion from Paris. He won an individual gold medal in eventing at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Mexico City ( es, link=no, Ciudad de Mé ...

(1932–2017), French Olympic equestrian *

Jeanne Guyon Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (Commonly known as Madame Guyon, ; 13 April 1648 – 9 June 1717) was a French mystic accused of advocating Quietism, which was considered heretical by the Roman Catholic Church. Madame Guyon was imprisone ...

(1648–1717), French Christian mystic *

Joe Guyon Joseph Napoleon "Big Chief" Guyon (Anishinaabe: ''O-Gee-Chidah'', translated as "Big Brave"; November 26, 1892 – November 27, 1971) was an American Indian from the Ojibwa tribe (Chippewa) who was an American football and baseball player and co ...

(1892–1971), American professional football player and coach * Lionel Guyon, French Olympic equestrian *

Marie-Therese Guyon Cadillac Marie-Therese Guyon Cadillac (1671–1746) was a French-Canadian-American pioneer. She is known as "The First Lady of Detroit." Biography Cadillac was born in Beauport, Quebec City, to her parents Elizabeth Boucher and Denis Guyon, the latter a ...

(1671–1746), early settler of Detroit, Michigan *

Maxime Guyon Maxime Guyon (born 7 May 1989) is a French flat racing jockey, who debuted at 2005. In 2008, he received a professional license and won first group one at the Grand Prix de Paris. In 2010, he won races in the United Kingdom, Japan and Hong Kong. ...

(born 1989), French jockey * Maximilienne Guyon (1868–1903), French painter and illustrator * Olivier Guyon (born 1975), French-American astronomer * Pascal Guyon, French musician *

René Guyon René Charles Marie Guyon (; ; 27 May 1876 – 1963) was a French jurist, best known for having written upon the topic of sexual ethics. René Guyon was born at Sedan, Ardennes, and was involved in writing legal codes for Siam (present Thailand) a ...

(1876–1963), French jurist and sexual ethicist *

Richard Guyon Richard de Beaufré comte de Guyon (1813 – 12 October 1856) was a British-born Hungarian soldier, general in the Hungarian revolutionary army and Turkish pasha (Kurshid Pasha). Biography Early life He was born at Walcot, near Bath, ...

(1813–1856), general in the Hungarian revolutionary army * Sir Guyon, fictional hero in Edmund Spencer's ''The Faerie Queene'' (1590)

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