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

Jiminez, 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 Jiminez surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jiminez in America

Jiminez is the 10371st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jiminez surname appeared 3,108 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 people would have the surname Jiminez.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jiminez 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 Jiminez

The surname Jiminez originated in Spain during the medieval period. It is a patronymic name derived from the personal name Jimeno, which was a Spanish form of the Germanic name Sigemund, meaning "victorious protection." The name Jimeno was popular among the Visigoths who ruled parts of the Iberian Peninsula from the 5th to the 8th centuries.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Jiminez can be found in the Codex Calixtinus, a 12th-century manuscript that documents the history and traditions of the Santiago de Compostela pilgrimage route. The manuscript mentions a certain Rodrigo Jiminez, who was a knight from Galicia in the early 12th century.

The name Jiminez may also have connections to various place names in Spain, such as the town of Ximénez de Jamuz in the province of León. This town likely took its name from an early landowner or noble with the surname Jiminez.

During the Renaissance period, several notable individuals bore the surname Jiminez. One of the most famous was Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881-1958), a Spanish poet and scholar who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1956 for his lyrical poetry.

Another prominent figure was Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436-1517), a Spanish cardinal and statesman who served as the regent of Spain during the early years of the reign of King Charles I. He was also the Grand Inquisitor of Spain and played a significant role in the Spanish Inquisition.

In the realm of art, Juan de Jiminez (active in the late 16th century) was a Spanish painter known for his religious works, particularly those depicting scenes from the life of Christ.

Pedro Jiménez de Guzmán (1601-1664) was a Spanish military leader and governor of New Spain (present-day Mexico) from 1634 to 1640. He is remembered for his efforts to fortify the city of Veracruz against attacks by pirates and foreign invaders.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the Jiminez surname in the Americas can be traced back to Gonzalo Jiminez de Quesada (c. 1495-1579), a Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the Spanish conquest of the Muisca Confederation in present-day Colombia in the 16th century.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jiminez

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

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

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