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    The surname Jimison

    A surname, carried by 1,282 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex J525

    Jimison: #20,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Jimison #20,648, 1,282 people Jimison: #20,648 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Jimison #20,648, 1,282 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jimison is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,282 people named Jimison in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 240,831 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,136.

    #20,648
    rank among US surnames
    1,282
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.9%
    change since 2000 (was #21,455)

    Who is named Jimison

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

    70% of people named Jimison identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 4.5% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 70%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Two or more races 4.5%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Jimison

    Jimison has the Soundex code J525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J525.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Jimison?
    1,282 people in the United States had the surname Jimison in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 240,831 Americans. It ranked 20,648th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Jimison?
    In the 2010 Census, 70% of people named Jimison identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Jimison getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,136 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,282 in 2010, up 13%.