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The surname Jiron

A Spanish surname, carried by 2,494 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J650

Jiron: #12,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Jiron #12,447, 2,494 people Jiron: #12,447 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Jiron #12,447, 2,494 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Jiron is more common than 92.3% 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 2,494 people named Jiron in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,795 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,187.

#12,447
rank among US surnames
2,494
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+14%
change since 2000 (was #12,897)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#12,440Tobler2,497123,647
#12,444Cournoyer2,496123,696
#12,447Coady2,494123,795
#12,452Karlin2,493123,845
#12,454Evert2,492123,895

Who is named Jiron

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

79% of people named Jiron identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.3% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 79%
  • White (not Hispanic) 12%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 7.3%
  • Two or more races 0.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Other Spanish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Jiron come from?
Jiron is Spanish in origin.
How common is the surname Jiron?
2,494 people in the United States had the surname Jiron in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,795 Americans. It ranked 12,447th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Jiron?
In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Jiron identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Jiron getting more or less common?
More common. 2,187 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,494 in 2010, up 14%.