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Patronymic surname · Spanish

Gómez

"son of Gome"

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GomeGermanic guma: man+-ezson of

Meaning of the surname Gómez

Gómez is a Spanish surname of the patronymic type meaning "son of Gome". It is one of the 50 most common surnames in Mexico. Twelfth in Mexico.

Formed from a father's given name with the suffix -ez, -es, or -iz, meaning 'son of'. Hernández is the son of Hernando, Martínez the son of Martín. About half of the most common Mexican surnames are patronymics.

In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Gómez appears as either half of a pair: Gómez García, López Gómez. Read how the two-surname system works.

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