A Spanish surname, Gomez comes from the terms ‘Gome’ or ‘Gomo‘ which meant man or path. Gomo was also a short form of Gomesano. Adding the ‘ez‘, it refers to the son of Gomo. The English surname Gomme is comparable coming from the Old English name of ‘guma‘. The Middle English term of ‘gome’ meant man.

Additional ways to spelling Gomez include Gomis, Gomes and Gometz.

Among Hispaniola countries the Gomez surname ranks 15th in usage.
In England there is a large number of individuals in London with the Gomez surname.
The southwest states within the United States have the greatest number of individuals with the Gomez surname. There are many also in New York and Florida.

Famous: Lefty Gomez (professional baseball player), Maximo Gomez (19th century leader for independence of Cuba from Spain), Nicholas A. L. Gomez (professional tennis player from Ecuador), Selena Gomez (singer and actress), Rick Gomez (actor), Jill Gomez (opera singer in England) and Scott Gomez (ice hockey player).