Jimenez Surname
Approximately 2,977,405 people bear this surname
Jimenez Surname Definition:
(Spanish) Descendant of the house or family of Simon (gracious hearing).
Read More About This SurnameJimenez Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 1,057,450 | 1:117 | 16 |
| Spain | 398,306 | 1:117 | 11 |
| Colombia | 324,385 | 1:147 | 18 |
| Venezuela | 183,565 | 1:165 | 21 |
| United States | 171,996 | 1:2,107 | 204 |
| Dominican Republic | 111,776 | 1:93 | 11 |
| Philippines | 93,181 | 1:1,086 | 59 |
| Costa Rica | 90,964 | 1:53 | 3 |
| Peru | 80,112 | 1:397 | 56 |
| Ecuador | 71,573 | 1:222 | 12 |
| Cuba | 61,752 | 1:187 | 26 |
| Guatemala | 60,055 | 1:268 | 43 |
| Chile | 46,240 | 1:381 | 76 |
| Argentina | 43,541 | 1:982 | 133 |
| Bolivia | 36,854 | 1:288 | 48 |
| Panama | 34,310 | 1:114 | 11 |
| El Salvador | 22,338 | 1:284 | 59 |
| Nicaragua | 22,010 | 1:274 | 52 |
| Honduras | 21,877 | 1:403 | 94 |
| Puerto Rico | 12,666 | 1:280 | 65 |
| Paraguay | 11,758 | 1:615 | 157 |
| France | 7,477 | 1:8,884 | 791 |
| Brazil | 2,899 | 1:73,844 | 2,756 |
| Canada | 1,927 | 1:19,121 | 2,675 |
| Belize | 1,224 | 1:290 | 36 |
| England | 871 | 1:63,970 | 7,488 |
| Germany | 697 | 1:115,503 | 14,218 |
| Australia | 662 | 1:40,779 | 5,252 |
| Belgium | 572 | 1:20,099 | 3,107 |
| Switzerland | 443 | 1:18,539 | 3,041 |
| Thailand | 399 | 1:177,038 | 28,720 |
| Andorra | 347 | 1:242 | 30 |
| Italy | 344 | 1:177,781 | 26,598 |
| Uruguay | 279 | 1:12,300 | 1,381 |
| Netherlands | 244 | 1:69,210 | 11,804 |
| Bahrain | 235 | 1:5,739 | 1,064 |
| Portugal | 226 | 1:46,098 | 2,654 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Aruba | 92 | 1:1,125 | 154 |
| Austria | 78 | 1:109,172 | 15,555 |
| Kuwait | 77 | 1:49,360 | 5,585 |
| Ireland | 66 | 1:71,348 | 4,439 |
| Sweden | 63 | 1:156,298 | 10,904 |
| New Zealand | 62 | 1:73,037 | 10,843 |
| Denmark | 49 | 1:115,198 | 10,655 |
| Bahamas | 48 | 1:8,161 | 696 |
| Norway | 48 | 1:107,131 | 14,344 |
| Curaçao | 47 | 1:3,346 | 74 |
| Taiwan | 47 | 1:498,824 | 3,776 |
| Gibraltar | 44 | 1:772 | 126 |
| China | 41 | 1:33,349,306 | 1,770 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 37 | 1:36,864 | 3,590 |
| United Arab Emirates | 37 | 1:247,629 | 17,078 |
| Guam | 33 | 1:4,852 | 643 |
| Luxembourg | 30 | 1:19,351 | 4,315 |
| Malta | 30 | 1:14,342 | 837 |
| Iceland | 29 | 1:13,107 | 1,178 |
| Scotland | 28 | 1:191,208 | 10,357 |
| Singapore | 26 | 1:211,835 | 10,313 |
| Suriname | 26 | 1:21,254 | 4,689 |
| French Polynesia | 25 | 1:11,232 | 2,339 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Czechia | 24 | 1:443,061 | 48,767 |
| Russia | 23 | 1:6,266,220 | 254,708 |
| Finland | 21 | 1:261,748 | 20,300 |
| Japan | 20 | 1:6,392,215 | 41,807 |
| Estonia | 19 | 1:69,569 | 12,771 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 16 | 1:70,980 | 225 |
| Hong Kong | 16 | 1:458,468 | 3,288 |
| South Africa | 15 | 1:3,611,847 | 123,156 |
| Greece | 14 | 1:791,414 | 84,075 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 14 | 1:2,452 | 252 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| Afghanistan | 10 | 1:3,215,318 | 18,974 |
| Bermuda | 10 | 1:6,528 | 1,005 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 10 | 1:11,038 | 1,555 |
| Northern Ireland | 9 | 1:205,004 | 9,958 |
| South Korea | 9 | 1:5,693,362 | 993 |
| Dominica | 7 | 1:10,842 | 411 |
| Haiti | 7 | 1:1,526,272 | 14,436 |
| Wales | 7 | 1:442,076 | 21,198 |
| Angola | 6 | 1:4,498,202 | 6,967 |
| Croatia | 6 | 1:704,767 | 44,411 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 1:15,441,009 | 3,090 |
| British Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:6,319 | 600 |
| Brunei | 5 | 1:83,746 | 1,811 |
| Marshall Islands | 5 | 1:10,364 | 1,309 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Oman | 5 | 1:737,594 | 6,889 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Macau | 4 | 1:150,408 | 604 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Albania | 3 | 1:971,352 | 22,477 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Mozambique | 3 | 1:9,087,190 | 7,315 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Armenia | 2 | 1:1,465,090 | 16,492 |
| Barbados | 2 | 1:143,724 | 1,981 |
| Cayman Islands | 2 | 1:31,946 | 1,715 |
| DR Congo | 2 | 1:36,939,785 | 260,488 |
| Egypt | 2 | 1:45,967,877 | 132,655 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Jordan | 2 | 1:4,421,218 | 22,351 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Montenegro | 2 | 1:319,782 | 7,691 |
| Myanmar | 2 | 1:25,968,992 | 2,110 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Faroe Islands | 1 | 1:48,998 | 2,049 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1:106,243 | 1,380 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Samoa | 1 | 1:193,808 | 1,089 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 118 | 1:425,582 | 31,158 |
The alternate forms: Jiménez (16,412), Jimènez (253), Jimenéz (86), Jímenez (62), Jimeñez (8), Jimenèz (5), Jimênez (2), Jìmenez (1), Jíménez (3), Jiménéz (1), Jìmènèz (1) & Jíménéz (1) are calculated separately.
Jimenez (2,434) may also be a first name.
Jimenez Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Spanish) Descendant of the house or family of Simon (gracious hearing).
User-submitted Reference
Jimenez became popular in Latin America as a result of Spanish conquistadors that had said surname. One of the most popular ones is Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada, who was an Spanish lawyer and explored South America (more specifically, Colombia). He established a colony called New City of Granada, which later became Santa Fé de Bogotá, which is Colombia's capital city nowadays.
- anajimenezJimenez means son of Jimeno or Ximeno or Ximén, an antique common name in Castille. Nowadays a number of girls and women are called 'Jimena', recuperation of an antique name.
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Jimenez Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jimenez Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Jimenez (Arabic: جيمينز) is more frequently found in Mexico than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Jiménez, Jimènez, Jimenéz, Jímenez, Jimeñez, Jimenèz, Jimênez, Jìmenez, Jíménez, Jiménéz, Jìmènèz or Jíménéz. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Jimenez? popularity and diffusion
The last name Jimenez is the 178th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 2,448 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 83 percent of Jimenez live; 41 percent live in North America and 36 percent live in Hispano-North America. Jimenez is also the 150,079th most widespread given name worldwide. It is borne by 2,434 people.
It is most commonly used in Mexico, where it is borne by 1,057,450 people, or 1 in 117. In Mexico it is most numerous in: México, where 14 percent reside, Chiapas, where 11 percent reside and Mexico City, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Mexico this last name exists in 161 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 13 percent reside and Colombia, where 11 percent reside.
Jimenez Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Jimenez has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Jimenez last name increased 145,759 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 12,443 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Jimenez Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Jimenez last name is principally Melkite Greek Catholic (67%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Jimenez surname are 42.83% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 96.06% being registered with the party.
The amount Jimenez earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 72.71% less than the national average, earning €8,195 per year; in Norway they earn 41.16% less than the national average, earning 203,630 kr per year; in Peru they earn 8.13% less than the national average, earning S/. 17,809 per year; in South Africa they earn 49.96% less than the national average, earning R 118,908 per year; in Colombia they earn 1.26% less than the national average, earning $22,416,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.82% less than the national average, earning $37,184 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.22% less than the national average, earning $45,100 CAD per year.
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Jimenez Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jimenez in the Arabic language | ||
| جيمينز | jymynz | - |
| خيمينز | khymynz | - |
| جيمينيز | jymynyz | - |
| خيمنيز | khymnyz | - |
| جيمنز | jymnz | - |
| جيمنيز | jymnyz | - |
| خيمينيز | khymynyz | - |
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