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    The surname Jaimes

    A surname, carried by 17,573 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex J520

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jaimes is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 17,573 people named Jaimes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,569 Americans. That is up 65% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,661.

    #2,050
    rank among US surnames
    17,573
    people in 2010
    6.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +64.8%
    change since 2000 (was #3,113)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,041Friend17,63517,508
    #2,042Crespo17,62917,514
    #2,043Calvert17,61917,523
    #2,044Corcoran17,60717,535
    #2,045Cornejo17,59117,551
    #2,046O'Malley17,58817,554
    #2,047Albrecht17,58117,561

    Who is named Jaimes

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    97% of people named Jaimes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97%
    • White (not Hispanic) 2.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
    • Two or more races 0.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Jaimess

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Sole Jaimes
      Argentinian association football player, born 1989
    • Ricardo Jaimes Freyre
      Bolivian poet (1868-1933)

    Notable Jaimess come mostly from Argentina (1) and Bolivia (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Jaimes

    Jaimes has the Soundex code J520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J520.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Jaimes?
    17,573 people in the United States had the surname Jaimes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,569 Americans. It ranked 2,050th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Jaimes?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Jaimes identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 2.5% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Jaimes?
    Sole Jaimes, Argentinian association football player, followed by Ricardo Jaimes Freyre.
    Where is the surname Jaimes most common?
    Wikidata records people named Jaimes in Argentina and Bolivia.
    Is the surname Jaimes getting more or less common?
    More common. 10,661 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,573 in 2010, up 65%.