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

Gummo, 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 Gummo surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Gummo in America

Gummo is the 48160th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Gummo surname appeared 439 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 Gummo.

We can also compare 2010 data for Gummo to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Gummo

The surname GUMMO is believed to have originated in England during the medieval period. It is thought to be a variation of the Old English name Gumma, which was derived from the Old English word "guma," meaning "man" or "warrior."

The earliest recorded instance of the name GUMMO can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as "Gumma." This suggests that the name was already in use in England by the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066.

Throughout the Middle Ages, the name GUMMO was primarily concentrated in the counties of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, where it was often associated with place names such as Gummo's Grange or Gummo's Hill. In the 13th century, a man named Robert Gummo was listed as a landowner in the village of Gummo's Grange, near Lincoln.

By the 16th century, the spelling of the name had evolved to its modern form, GUMMO. One notable bearer of this surname was Sir John Gummo (1525-1602), a wealthy merchant and Member of Parliament for the city of Bristol during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

In the 17th century, the name GUMMO spread beyond its traditional heartlands in the East Midlands and Yorkshire. One prominent figure from this era was Thomas Gummo (1638-1718), a Puritan clergyman who served as the rector of St. Mary's Church in Nottingham.

During the 18th and 19th centuries, several GUMMO families emigrated from England to the British colonies in North America and the Caribbean. One such individual was William Gummo (1745-1823), a loyalist from Virginia who served as a captain in the British army during the American Revolutionary War.

Another notable bearer of the GUMMO surname was the English artist and illustrator George Gummo (1812-1888), who was best known for his watercolor paintings of landscapes and rural scenes.

In more recent times, the name GUMMO has also been associated with the American filmmaker Harmony Korine, whose 1997 film "Gummo" was named after a fictional character who shared his grandmother's maiden name.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Gummo

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Gummo.

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 Gummo 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.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Gummo has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

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 Gummo was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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