# Jimenez (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/jimenez/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Spanish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Spanish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 227,118 |
| US rank (2010) | 100 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 1,359 people |
| Change since 2000 | +44% (157,475 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Jiménez.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Jimenez in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 3.8% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 94% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Jimenez in the United States, Spain, Andorra, Panama, Brazil and Argentina.

## People named Jimenez

- Flaco Jiménez, American accordionist, singer (1939–2025)
- Alexandra Jiménez, actress
- Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva, Andorran tennis player
- Manolo Jiménez, Andorran footballer
- Enrique Adolfo Jiménez, 23 ° Constitutional President of the Republic of Panama (1888-1970)
- Carla Jimenez, American actress
- Sérgio Jimenez, Brazilian racing driver
- Hector Jiménez, American soccer player
- Phil Jimenez, American comics artist and writer
- Walter Antonio Jiménez, Argentine footballer (1939-2023)
- Javier Jiménez García, association football player
- Fortún Ximénez, Basque mutineer

## Similar surnames

Jiminez, Jimenes, Jennings, Jenning.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.