Bemiss Surname Meaning & Coat of Arms

Bemiss is a familiar spelling of the English name Bemis. The family name meaning is “Someone who came from Beaumetz, in Normandy”, the same as for Bemis.

A variant of Bemis

The extra ending in Bemiss is patronymic: it identified a person as belonging to Bemis's family. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms.

373 Americans were listed as Bemiss in the 2010 census. It sits within the 100,000 most common last names in the country.

Bemiss coat of arms

There is no single Bemiss family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were.

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