It is a surname of Basque origin. It also exists without h . It means that it is a natural of Huerméneces a municipality of the Province of Burgos, in the Autonomous Community of Castilla León, of the Region of Odra-Pisuerga (Party of Burgos). There is also Huerméneces del Cerro which is a municipality located in the province of Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha. It has almost no inhabitants.
Gentilicio de Huérmeces, municipality of Guadalajara next to the Salado River, tributary of the Henares and another of Burgos next to the Úrbel, tributary of the Arlanzón, both of very few inhabitants, toponym perhaps related to anthill. Hormeño also functions as a surname and sometimes also without axe.