Pimenta surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Pimenta surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 481 people carried this name — #42,437 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

262 people named Pimenta live in Switzerland.

They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 53
Zurich 46
Geneva 40
Fribourg 26
Valais 18
Bern 15
Ticino 12
Neuchâtel 8

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Pimenta.

Most of them — 43 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Gironde.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 43
Gironde 6
Meurthe-et-Moselle 4
Paris 3
Isère 2
Lot-et-Garonne 2
Ardèche 2
Seine-et-Marne 1
Yvelines 1

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

Who carried it

People named Pimenta,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joaquim Pimenta de Castro
    Joaquim Pimenta de Castro 1846–1918 · politician
  • João Antônio Pimenta
    João Antônio Pimenta 1859–1943 · Catholic priest
  • Gonçalo Pereira Pimenta de Castro
    Gonçalo Pereira Pimenta de Castro 1868–1952 · writer
  • Arnaldo Pimenta da Cunha
    Arnaldo Pimenta da Cunha 1881–1956 · engineer
  • Alfredo Pimenta
    Alfredo Pimenta 1882–1950 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 55 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

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