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The Gimenez surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,975 people carried this name — #10,731 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 99,000 people counted. That is up 43% from 2,083 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Gimenez surname

Archaic spelling of Jiménez.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Giménez» (Spanish), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 179,728 people named Gimenez live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 73,640
Santa Fe 12,778
Córdoba 9,648
City of Buenos Aires 9,028
Misiones 8,320
Entre Ríos 7,853
Mendoza 7,702
Chaco 7,222

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 3,821 people named Gimenez.

1,491 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 départements, most often Hauts-de-Seine.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 1,491
Hauts-de-Seine 280
Hérault 212
Aude 198
Bouches-du-Rhône 159
Pyrénées-Atlantiques 126
Gironde 123
Rhône 120
Pyrénées-Orientales 117

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

156 people named Gimenez live in Switzerland.

They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 40
Vaud 35
Geneva 26
Bern 13
Aargau 11
Fribourg 9
Thurgau 5
Ticino 5

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Gimenez in American newspapers,
1892–1917.

Newspaper page from La Crónica carrying the name Gimenez
La Crónica 1917-04-01
Newspaper page from Tombstone Epitaph carrying the name Gimenez
Tombstone Epitaph 1892-03-06
Newspaper page from The Journal carrying the name Gimenez
The Journal 1896-07-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,513 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Gimenez,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Danielle Gimenez 1900–
  • Antoine Gimenez 1910–1982 · anarchist
  • Antoine Gimenez 1910–1982 · anarchist
  • Gabrielle Gimenez 1920–2000 · accountant
  • Gabrielle Gimenez 1920–2000 · accountant
  • Marta Giménez Pastor 1923–2002 · teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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