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Position:Home>Genealogy> Origin of Gomez last name?Question: Origin of Gomez last name?anyone know the origin of this last name? please and thank you! Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: It's origin is Spain, but not everyone with the name has Spanish ancestors. There was a master book of names and when the Spanish explorers and missionaries went out into new lands, they assigned people names from that book. A large family would all get the same surname so that the priests could track them as a family. Large families tend to beget large families. That's why Gomez is one of the largest surnames in Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. |