Pimenta Surname

6,149th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 92,118 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Pimenta Surname User-submission:

A Portuguese descriptive name, from a nickname. It means "pepper".

Pimenta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil61,8941:3,459298
Angola13,4091:2,013354
Portugal12,9081:807140
France1,0061:66,0279,102
United States8421:430,47437,141
India5951:1,289,18650,713
Canada1801:204,69819,937
England1801:309,54523,336
South Africa1371:395,45835,012
Spain1231:380,09821,146
Argentina1151:371,68228,832
Switzerland891:92,28010,121
São Tomé and Príncipe821:2,164252
Germany771:1,045,52570,954
Philippines601:1,687,304110,517
Australia431:627,80744,139
Venezuela411:736,68512,312
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Belgium371:310,72035,739
Cape Verde291:18,264684
Thailand251:2,825,534284,782
Israel231:372,07130,321
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Mozambique161:1,703,8482,274
Netherlands151:1,125,81268,885
New Zealand131:348,33327,379
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Denmark121:470,39330,183
Mexico91:13,791,80145,470
Colombia71:6,824,86722,056
Peru61:5,297,35436,458
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Paraguay61:1,206,12410,500
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Jersey51:19,8403,614
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
China41:341,830,39216,990
Hong Kong41:1,833,8716,220
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Bahrain11:1,348,60810,432
Suriname11:552,6169,664
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Congo11:4,989,09634,171
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Djibouti11:914,9321,612
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Macau11:601,6301,582

The alternate forms: Pimeñta (1) are calculated separately.

Pimenta (154) may also be a first name.

Pimenta Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A Portuguese descriptive name, from a nickname. It means "pepper".

- mfariacastro

Pimenta Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pimenta Come From? nationality or country of origin

Pimenta (Marathi: िपमेन्टा, Russian: Пимьента) is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Pimeñta. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pimenta? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,149th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 79,111 people. The last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 69 percent of Pimenta live; 67 percent live in South America and 67 percent live in Luso-South America. It is also the 740,891st most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 154 people.

Pimenta is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is held by 61,894 people, or 1 in 3,459. In Brazil Pimenta is most frequent in: Minas Gerais, where 26 percent live, São Paulo, where 21 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 13 percent live. Other than Brazil Pimenta is found in 67 countries. It also occurs in Angola, where 15 percent live and Portugal, where 14 percent live.

Pimenta Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Pimenta are 44.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 97.55% registered with the party.

The amount Pimenta earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 19.72% less than the national average, earning 277,831 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 47.93% more than the national average, earning R 351,528 per year; in Colombia they earn 25.88% less than the national average, earning $16,827,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 17.08% more than the national average, earning $50,519 USD per year and in Canada they earn 11.39% more than the national average, earning $55,340 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Pimenta Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Pimenta in the Marathi language
िपमेन्टाipamenta43.21
पीमटाpimata37.04
पीमेन्टाpimenta7.41
पीटरpitara4.94
पीमेन्pimen2.47
पीमेटाpimeta2.47
पीमताpimata2.47
Pimenta in the Russian language
Пимьентаpimenta-

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