The Portuguese language equivalent is Gusmão.
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.
[1][a] In the Philippines, Canada and the United States the name usually becomes Guzman (without acute accent), while the Portuguese form of the name is Gusmão.
[citation needed] Guzmán has also rarely been used as a given name.
Notable people with the given name Guzmán include: