# Pimentel (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pimentel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Portuguese.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 21,579 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,671 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 14,308 people |
| Change since 2000 | +32% (16,358 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Pimentel, from pimenta.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pimentel in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 20% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 74% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pimentel in the United States, Brazil, the Dominican Republic and Kingdom of the Netherlands.

## People named Pimentel

- Esmeralda Pimentel, American Mexican  actress and model
- Pedro Antonio Pimentel, 1830-1874 Dominican military and political figure, 9th President of the Dominican Republic
- Jessica Pimentel, American actress and singer
- George C. Pimentel, American chemist and academic (1922-1989)
- Monica Pimentel, Aruban taekwondo practitioner.
- Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian journalist, writer, astrologer, essayist, polemicist, digital influencer and ide
- Lenine, Brazilian singer-songwriter from Recife, Pernambuco

## Similar surnames

Pimental, Pimienta.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.