The surname Jiminez
A Spanish surname, carried by 3,108 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex J552
Origin
Spanish origin
A surname from Spanish, variant of Jimenez.
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 3,108 people named Jiminez in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 99,339 Americans. That is up 9.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,848.
Who is named Jiminez
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
85% of people named Jiminez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 9.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85%
- White (not Hispanic) 9.0%
- Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
- Two or more races 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Jiminez has the Soundex code J552, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J552.
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Questions
- Where does the surname Jiminez come from?
- Jiminez is Spanish in origin.
- How common is the surname Jiminez?
- 3,108 people in the United States had the surname Jiminez in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 99,339 Americans. It ranked 10,371st of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Jiminez?
- In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Jiminez identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 9.0% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Jiminez getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,848 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,108 in 2010, up 9.1%.