How common is the surname Jeronimo?

2,641 people in the United States had the surname Jeronimo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,905 Americans. It ranked 11,856th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Jeronimo getting more or less common?

More common. 1,205 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,641 in 2010, up 119%.

Is Jeronimo also a first name?

Yes. Jeronimo is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Jeronimo

A Spanish surname, carried by 2,641 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex J655

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jeronimo is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

A surname from Spanish.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,641 people named Jeronimo in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,905 Americans. That is up 119% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,205.

#11,856

rank among US surnames

2,641

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+119.2%

change since 2000 (was #20,468)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,856	Stage	2,641	116,905
#11,863	Bodie	2,640	116,949
#11,865	Kopec	2,639	116,993

Who is named Jeronimo

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

92% of people named Jeronimo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 6.7% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
White (not Hispanic) 6.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Two or more races 0.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jeronimo

Jerman

Jeronimo has the Soundex code J655, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J655.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Jeronimo come from?: Jeronimo is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Jeronimo?: 2,641 people in the United States had the surname Jeronimo in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,905 Americans. It ranked 11,856th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jeronimo?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Jeronimo identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 6.7% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Jeronimo getting more or less common?: More common. 1,205 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,641 in 2010, up 119%.
Is Jeronimo also a first name?: Yes. Jeronimo is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.