Gemo

surname · Latin script

Meaning: first-person singular present indicative of gemer

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/dʒmoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Gemo is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Mozambique than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • MZMozambique≈1 in 17K(inferred from the name graph)
  • ITItaly≈1 in 257K
  • PHPhilippines≈1 in 1.3M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Mozambique (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,800 people, est.

Sources
27 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 17K (inferred from the name graph)

Mozambique, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

first-person singular present indicative of gemer

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gemo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Gemo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
MZ Mozambique#392≈1,800 est.≈1 in 17K—Gemo12
IT Italy—≈240 est.≈1 in 257KlistedGemo5
BR Brazil—1271 in 1.7M127Gemo27
PH Philippines—≈87 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Gemo10
US United States—≈86 est.≈1 in 3.9MlistedGemo11
FR France—≈49 est.≈1 in 1.4M4——

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; the xinhua-italian-manual register; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Gemo is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, Australia, Italy

    Languages: English, Dutch, German

    Also written Gèmo, Gomang

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye

    Also written Ğemo

  • Indonesian surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia

    Also written Gémo

  • Amharic surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Ethiopia, Philippines, United States, Pakistan

    Also written ጋሞ, GaMo, ገሞ

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Gemo is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Italian, first-person singular present indicative of gemere

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Esperanto, gemstone (precious stone)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latin, to sigh, groan

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Livio Gemo, b. 1898Michel Gemo, b. 1953Elena Gemo, b. 1987

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Gemo,
InformalHi Gemo,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 12 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Gemo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—127#52,809
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)197111—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)194111—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)195110—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19817—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19617—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19315—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19914—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19211—
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000)19111—
IT Italy意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual)———
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gemo mean, and where does it come from?
first-person singular present indicative of gemer Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Gemo?
A machine transcription gives /dʒmoʊ/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Gemo have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.8 thousand people named Gemo in Mozambique, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled gemo.
How common is the name Gemo?
In Brazil, the national register counted 127 people named Gemo, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.
How common is Gemo compared with other names?
In Mozambique, Gemo is the 392nd most common surname of 2,021 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Gemo” — the 392nd most common surname in Mozambique. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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