The Gomes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 24,827 people carried this name — #1,433 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 11,900 people counted. That is up 21% from 20,532 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Gomes surname
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese Gomez. By surface analysis, Gomo + -es (“son of”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gomes» (Portuguese), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
7,113 people named Gomes live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 3,818 people named Gomes live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,066 people named Gomes.
Most of them — 1,204 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 85 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 169 people named Gomes live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
25 people named Gomes have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 86 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
172 people named Gomes are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Gomes in American newspapers,
1872–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 351,468 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Gomes,
with a public archive behind them.
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Sueiro Gomes de Soutomaior 1417–1490 -
Baltazar Gomes Figueira 1604–1674 · painter -
João Gomes da Silva, conde de Tarouca 1671–1738 · diplomat -
Eusébio Luciano Gomes da Silva 1763–1790 · Catholic priest -
Bernardino António Gomes 1768–1823 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 185 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Gomes.
- Golly 353 · U.S. census
- Gomar 321 · U.S. census
- Gomas 124 · U.S. census
- Gombert 406 · U.S. census
- Gomel 167 · U.S. census
- Gomer 1,293 · U.S. census
- Gomez 365,655 · U.S. census
- Gomila 135 · U.S. census
- Gomis 160 · U.S. census
- Gon 418 · U.S. census
- Goncalves 8,000 · U.S. census
- Gonce 865 · U.S. census
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