The Jimenez surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 227,118 people carried this name — #100 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,300 people counted. That is up 44% from 157,475 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Jimenez surname
A surname from Old Spanish.
From Jimeno + -ez, via Old Spanish Ximen from the Basque personal name Semen, from seme (“son”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Jimenez» (English) and «Jiménez» (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 59,816 people named Jimenez 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 mapWhere they live today
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 1,527 people named Jimenez.
Most of them — 795 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 78 départements, most often Gironde.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,332 people named Jimenez live in Switzerland.
They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 25 people named Jimenez live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
131 people named Jimenez are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Jimenez in American newspapers,
1898–1963.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 40,959 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Jimenez,
with a public archive behind them.
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Antoine Jimenez 1929–2019 · rugby league player -
Bernal Jiménez Monge 1930–2021 · politician -
Zacarias Cenita Jimenez 1947–2018 · Catholic priest -
Joaquin Jimenez 1956– · medalist -
María Roselia Jiménez Pérez 1959– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 188 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Jimenez.
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