Find out how popular the last name Gómez-Vázquez is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Gómez-Vázquez.

Gómez-Vázquez, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Gómez-Vázquez surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Gómez-Vázquez in America

Gómez-Vázquez is the 154907th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Gómez-Vázquez surname appeared 105 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Gómez-Vázquez.

The history of the last name Gómez-Vázquez

The surname GOMEZVAZQUEZ is of Spanish origin, originating in the regions of Galicia and Asturias in the north of Spain. It is a compound surname formed from the combination of two surnames, Gomez and Vazquez.

The name Gomez is derived from the Visigothic personal name Gumiz, which itself is a compound of the Germanic elements "guma" meaning "man" and "rīks" meaning "ruler" or "powerful". This name became popular in Spain after the Visigothic invasion and settlement in the 5th century.

The name Vazquez is a patronymic surname, meaning "son of Vasco". Vasco is a Spanish and Portuguese form of the Basque name Basko, which is derived from the word "Vascones", the name given to the ancient Basque people by the Romans.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name GOMEZVAZQUEZ can be found in the medieval Galician codex known as the "Tumbo de Sobrado", dated around the 12th century. This codex contains references to individuals with the surname GOMEZVAZQUEZ who were landowners and nobles in the region.

In the 14th century, there are records of a knight named Fernán Gómez Vázquez who fought in the Reconquista, the campaign to expel the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula. He was born around 1320 in Galicia and was a prominent military figure during the reigns of King Alfonso XI and King Pedro I of Castile.

Another notable bearer of the name was Álvaro Gómez Vázquez, a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquest of Mexico alongside Hernán Cortés in the 16th century. He was born in Extremadura around 1490 and played a significant role in the fall of the Aztec Empire.

In the 17th century, Jerónimo Gómez Vázquez was a renowned Spanish painter and engraver from Seville. He was born in 1615 and is best known for his religious paintings and engravings, many of which can be found in churches and museums across Spain.

One of the most famous bearers of the name in more recent history was José Gómez Vázquez, a Spanish composer and pianist born in 1868 in Asturias. He was a prolific composer of zarzuelas, which are a traditional form of Spanish operetta, and his works were widely performed in Spain and Latin America during his lifetime.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Gómez-Vázquez

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Gómez-Vázquez.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Gómez-Vázquez was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Gómez-Vázquez was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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