Gomez
A very common Spanish surname, originally meaning “son of Gome” or “son of Gomo.”
The #51 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 844 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Gomez is a patronymic surname from a medieval personal name such as Gome or Gomo. The name is generally taken to contain the old Germanic element guma, meaning “man,” so the surname originally meant “son of Gome/Gomo” or more loosely “descendant of a man named Gome.” In Iberian use, the ending -ez marks descent, like a number of other Spanish surnames.
History
The surname became widespread in Spain and Portugal and later traveled widely through the Spanish and Portuguese empires to the Americas and beyond. It is now one of the most common Hispanic surnames in the United States. Historical spellings can appear without the accent, and in older records it may be written alongside compound Iberian surnames.
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Fun fact
Gomez is among the most common surnames in the United States, reflecting large-scale Spanish-language migration and long historical settlement in the Americas.
From the historical record
“Guy Carleton, John Andre, Lafitte, Packenham, Herman Blennerhasset, - Bolivar, Rosas, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Gomez, Balmaceda, - Pomare, Uncas, Powhatan. CHAPTER XDL”
— A Grammar of American Surnames