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

Jiméniz, 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 Jiméniz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jiméniz in America

Jiméniz is the 138304th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jiméniz surname appeared 121 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 Jiméniz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jiméniz to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Jiméniz

The surname Jimenez is of Spanish origin, tracing its roots back to medieval Spain. It is a patronymic name, derived from the given name Ximeno, which is a Spanish form of the Germanic name Sigimund. The name Sigimund is composed of the elements "sigu," meaning victory, and "mundu," meaning protection or defender.

In the early Middle Ages, the name Ximeno was relatively common among the Visigothic nobility and aristocracy in the Iberian Peninsula. As patronymic surnames became more widespread in Spain during the 11th and 12th centuries, the name Jimenez emerged as a way to indicate "son of Ximeno."

Some of the earliest recorded instances of the surname Jimenez can be found in various medieval Spanish documents and chronicles. For example, the Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris, a 12th-century chronicle, mentions a certain Rodrigo Jimenez as one of the prominent figures in the court of King Alfonso VII of León and Castile.

Another notable historical figure bearing the surname Jimenez was Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436-1517), a Spanish friar and statesman who served as the Grand Inquisitor of Spain and the regent of Castile during the early years of the reign of King Charles I (later Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor).

The surname Jimenez can also be linked to certain place names in Spain, such as Jiménez de Jamuz, a municipality in the province of León, and Villanueva de Gómez, a town in the province of Ávila. These place names may have been derived from the surnames of early settlers or landowners in those areas.

Other noteworthy individuals with the surname Jimenez include Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881-1958), a Spanish poet and Nobel laureate in literature; Diego Jiménez de Enciso (c. 1510-1533), a Spanish explorer and one of the founders of the city of Santiago de Guayaquil in present-day Ecuador; and José Jiménez Aranda (1837-1903), a Spanish painter and one of the leading figures of the Sevillian Romantic movement.

While the surname Jimenez has its origins in medieval Spain, it has since spread to other parts of the world, particularly to Latin American countries with significant Spanish colonial influences. Today, it remains a common surname among Hispanic populations worldwide.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jiméniz

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Jiméniz.

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 Jiméniz 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.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Jiméniz has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

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 Jiméniz was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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