About Guimaraes
The surname Guimaraes is of Portuguese origin and is derived from the name of a city in northern Portugal called Guimarães. The name Guimarães itself is believed to have originated from the combination of the Germanic personal name "Wimar" and the Celtic word "magos," meaning "field" or "plain." Therefore, the surname Guimaraes can be interpreted to mean "descendant or inhabitant of Guimarães" or "one from the fields or plains."
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The surname Guimaraes is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:
Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Guimaraes based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.
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Here's how to represent Guimaraes in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Guimaraes using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.