Find out how popular the last name Jiménez 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.

Jiménez, 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 surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jiménez in America

Jiménez is the 56710th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jiménez surname appeared 360 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.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jiménez 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 Jiménez

The surname Jimenz originated in Spain during the medieval period, derived from the Arabic name Jamal, meaning "beauty." It was a common surname among the Moors who ruled parts of Spain for several centuries.

The earliest recorded instance of the Jimenz surname dates back to the 12th century, when it appeared in the Cartulario de San Millán de la Cogolla, a collection of medieval documents from the monastery of San Millán de la Cogolla in La Rioja, Spain.

During the 13th century, the name was often spelled as Ximenez or Gimenez, reflecting the influence of the Castilian Spanish pronunciation. One notable bearer of the name was Rodrigo Ximenez de Rada, a Spanish historian and Archbishop of Toledo, who lived from 1170 to 1247.

In the 14th century, the Jimenz surname spread across Spain and was found in various regions, including Andalusia, Catalonia, and Valencia. One of the earliest recorded instances of the name in these regions was Juan Jimenez, a nobleman from Seville who lived in the late 1300s.

As the Jimenz surname gained prominence, it was associated with several notable figures throughout Spanish history. Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada, born in 1509, was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the Spanish conquest of the Muisca Confederation in what is now Colombia.

Another notable bearer of the Jimenz surname was Juan Ramón Jiménez, a Spanish poet and scholar who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956 for his lyrical poetry. He was born in 1881 and died in 1958.

The Jimenz surname also spread to other parts of the world, including Latin America and the Philippines, due to Spanish colonization. One famous bearer of the name was Gaspar Jiménez de la Espada, a Spanish naturalist and explorer who was born in 1825 and died in 1898.

Overall, the Jimenz surname has a rich history rooted in medieval Spain, with ties to the Moorish influence, nobility, and notable figures in literature, exploration, and conquest.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jiménez

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

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

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