Find out how popular the last name Jiménez-Ramírez is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Jiménez-Ramírez.

Jiménez-Ramírez, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Jiménez-Ramírez surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jiménez-Ramírez in America

Jiménez-Ramírez is the 101247th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jiménez-Ramírez surname appeared 178 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Jiménez-Ramírez.

The history of the last name Jiménez-Ramírez

The surname JIMENEZRAMIREZ is a compound surname originating from Spain, most likely first appearing around the 15th century. The first part of the name, Jimenez, is derived from the Spanish patronymic form of the given name Jimeno, which itself comes from the Germanic name Sememundus. The second part, Ramirez, is also a Spanish patronymic surname derived from the given name Ramiro.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the surname JIMENEZRAMIREZ can be found in the archives of the village of Tobarra, in the province of Albacete, where a certain Juan Jimenez Ramirez was mentioned in a document from 1492. Another early record is that of Pedro Jimenez Ramirez, a soldier who fought in the Spanish conquest of Mexico under Hernán Cortés in the early 16th century.

In the 17th century, a notable bearer of the surname was Fray Juan Jimenez Ramirez, a Franciscan friar and historian who wrote extensively about the history and culture of the indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica. His most famous work, published in 1666, is titled "Historia de la provincia de San Vicente de Chiapa y Guatemala."

During the 18th century, the name appears in records related to the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. One example is that of Juan Jimenez Ramirez, a military officer who served as the Governor of the Mariana Islands from 1767 to 1771.

In the 19th century, a prominent figure with this surname was José Jimenez Ramirez, a Spanish politician and lawyer who served as the Prime Minister of Spain for a brief period in 1868. Another notable individual was the Mexican artist Rodrigo Jimenez Ramirez (1848-1923), known for his paintings depicting scenes of everyday life in Mexico.

One of the most famous bearers of the JIMENEZRAMIREZ surname in modern times was the Spanish poet and playwright Rafael Jimenez Ramirez (1904-1963), widely regarded as one of the greatest lyric poets of the 20th century in the Spanish language.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jiménez-Ramírez

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Jiménez-Ramírez.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Jiménez-Ramírez was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Jiménez-Ramírez was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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