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The surname Pimental

A surname, carried by 2,317 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P553

Pimental: #13,190 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pimental #13,190, 2,317 people Pimental: #13,190 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pimental #13,190, 2,317 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pimental is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,317 people named Pimental in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,252 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,174.

#13,190
rank among US surnames
2,317
people in 2010
0.8
per 100,000 Americans
+6.6%
change since 2000 (was #12,945)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,184Landman2,319133,137
#13,186Moraga2,318133,195
#13,190Pimental2,317133,252
#13,195Rizzuto2,316133,310

Who is named Pimental

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

73% of people named Pimental identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 73%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20%
  • Two or more races 3.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.4%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pimental

Pimental has the Soundex code P553, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P553.

Questions

How common is the surname Pimental?
2,317 people in the United States had the surname Pimental in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,252 Americans. It ranked 13,190th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pimental?
In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Pimental identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pimental getting more or less common?
More common. 2,174 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,317 in 2010, up 6.6%.