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    The surname Pimienta

    A surname, carried by 1,019 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex P553

    Pimienta: #24,531 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Pimienta #24,531, 1,019 people Pimienta: #24,531 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Pimienta #24,531, 1,019 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pimienta is more common than 84.9% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,019 people named Pimienta in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 302,989 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 726.

    #24,531
    rank among US surnames
    1,019
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +40.4%
    change since 2000 (was #30,383)

    Who is named Pimienta

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

    91% of people named Pimienta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.0% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Pimienta

    Pimienta 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 Pimienta?
    1,019 people in the United States had the surname Pimienta in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 302,989 Americans. It ranked 24,531st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Pimienta?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pimienta identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.0% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Pimienta getting more or less common?
    More common. 726 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,019 in 2010, up 40%.