Gémes Surname

251,268th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,577 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Hungary
Highest density in:
Hungary

Gémes Surname User-submission:

Gémes is a Hungarian surname, which comes from an adjective derived from the noun gém, meaning 'heron (bird)' in Hungarian. The adjective gémes reminds of something that has a shape of this bird, so having some kind of a long pole or arm.

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Gémes Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Hungary1,5601:6,292748
Austria91:946,15970,786
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

The alternate forms: Gemes (491), Gémeš (5), Gèmes (1) & Gemeš (15) are calculated separately.

Gémes Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Gémes is a Hungarian surname, which comes from an adjective derived from the noun gém, meaning 'heron (bird)' in Hungarian. The adjective gémes reminds of something that has a shape of this bird, so having some kind of a long pole or arm. So like the shadoof (English), which is a sort of well that was spread in the Great Hungarian plain in the 18th century. In Hungarian, this kind of well is called the gémeskùt. So a well (kùt) with a long pool (gémes).

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Gémes Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gémes Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gémes (Oriya: େଗେମସ) is held by more people in Hungary than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms: Gemes, Gémeš, Gèmes or Gemeš. For other potential spellings of Gémes click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gémes? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 251,268th most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 4,621,145 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Gémes are found; 99 percent are found in Eastern Europe and 99 percent are found in Hungaro-Europe.

This last name is most frequently occurring in Hungary, where it is borne by 1,560 people, or 1 in 6,292. In Hungary Gémes is mostly found in: Csongrád County, where 51 percent live, Budapest, where 14 percent live and Bács-Kiskun County, where 12 percent live. Not including Hungary this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 1 percent live and Sweden, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gemes93491/
Gémeš935/
Gèmes931/
Gémeas9138/
Gemeš8715/
Gomes803,761,492/
Games805,437/
Gimes801,154/
Gémea804/
Gémis802/
Gömes801/
Guemes733,293/
Gomesz731,238/
Gomesh731,183/
Gamess73733/
Ghames73375/
Gaimes73348/
Gomies73337/
Gaymes73286/
Gamesh73285/
Ghemes73249/
Gommes73144/
Ghimes73122/
Gomess7359/
Cgomes7349/
Guimes7347/
Gomees7342/
Gamies7335/
Ghomes7321/
Geemes7319/
Ggomes7318/
Ghymes7315/
Gomezs7315/
Goemes7312/
Gimesh7312/
Gomeis738/
Gemesh737/
Gemeas736/
Guymes736/
Gomeas736/
Goimes735/
Gemmes735/
Gammes732/
Kgomes732/
Gohmes732/
Gûemes732/
Ngemes731/
Gojmes731/
Gemies731/
Gemese731/
Gémise731/
Géimer731/
Hgomes731/
Gemeus731/
Gameus731/
Giemes730/
Gime678,634/
Geme671,513/
Gommies6791/
Guimese6730/
Ghamees675/
Gyme674/
D'Gomes673/
Gammies671/
Gjme671/
Gēme671/
Gémy671/
Guemess671/
Guimães671/
Gheimes671/
Ghohmes671/
Ghomesh671/
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Gémes Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Gémes in the Oriya language
େଗେମସegemasa-

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