# Gamez (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/gamez/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish, variant of Gomez.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 24,256 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,472 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 12,729 people |
| Change since 2000 | +44% (16,812 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Gamez in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.3% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 95% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Gamez in Argentina.

## People named Gamez

- Celia Gámez, Argentinian actor and singer (1905-1992)

## Similar surnames

Gomez, Games, Ganz, Gamage, Gaines, Gomes, Goins, Gong, Gamache, Goings, Goines, Giang.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.