How common is the surname Jimenez?

227,118 people in the United States had the surname Jimenez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,359 Americans. It ranked 100th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Jimenez?

Flaco Jiménez, American accordionist, singer (1939–2025), followed by Alexandra Jiménez.

Where is the surname Jimenez most common?

Wikidata records people named Jimenez in the United States, Spain and Andorra and 3 other countries.

Is the surname Jimenez getting more or less common?

More common. 157,475 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 227,118 in 2010, up 44%.

The surname Jimenez

A Spanish surname, the 100th most common in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex J552

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jimenez is more common than 99.9% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Jiménez.

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 227,118 people named Jimenez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 1,359 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 157,475.

#100

rank among US surnames

227,118

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+44.2%

change since 2000 (was #147)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#91	Price	235,251	1,312
#92	Alvarez	233,983	1,320
#93	Castillo	230,420	1,340
#94	Sanders	230,374	1,340
#95	Patel	229,973	1,343
#96	Myers	229,895	1,343
#97	Long	229,374	1,346

Who is named Jimenez

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

94% of people named Jimenez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 3.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.5% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Famous Jimenezs

12 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Flaco Jiménez
American accordionist, singer (1939–2025)
Alexandra Jiménez
Actress, born 1980
Victoria Jiménez Kasintseva
Andorran tennis player, born 2005
Manolo Jiménez
Andorran footballer, born 1976
Enrique Adolfo Jiménez
23 ° Constitutional President of the Republic of Panama (1888-1970)
Carla Jimenez
American actress, born 1974
Sérgio Jimenez
Brazilian racing driver, born 1984
Hector Jiménez
American soccer player, born 1988
Phil Jimenez
American comics artist and writer, born 1970
Walter Antonio Jiménez
Argentine footballer (1939-2023)
Javier Jiménez García
Association football player, born 1997
Fortún Ximénez
Basque mutineer, died 1533

Notable Jimenezs come mostly from the United States (4), Spain (3) and Andorra (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Jimenez

Jimenez has the Soundex code J552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J552.

Other Spanish surnames

All 992 Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Jimenez come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Jiménez.
How common is the surname Jimenez?: 227,118 people in the United States had the surname Jimenez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 1,359 Americans. It ranked 100th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jimenez?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Jimenez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 3.8% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Jimenez?: Flaco Jiménez, American accordionist, singer (1939–2025), followed by Alexandra Jiménez.
Where is the surname Jimenez most common?: Wikidata records people named Jimenez in the United States, Spain and Andorra and 3 other countries.
Is the surname Jimenez getting more or less common?: More common. 157,475 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 227,118 in 2010, up 44%.