The Pimentel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 21,579 people carried this name — #1,671 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,700 people counted. That is up 32% from 16,358 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pimentel surname
Borrowed from Portuguese Pimentel, from pimenta.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pimentel» (English), 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 3,346 people named Pimentel 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
204 people named Pimentel live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 94 people named Pimentel.
Most of them — 53 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Aude.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In print
Pimentel in American newspapers,
1912–1960.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,518 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pimentel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Juan de Zúñiga y Pimentel 1465–1504 · Catholic priest -
Juan Alonso Pimentel de Herrera 1553–1621 · politician -
Domingo Pimentel Zúñiga 1585–1653 · prelate -
Baltazar de Almeida Pimentel, 1st Count of Campanhã 1791–1876 · military leader -
José de Barros Accioli Pimentel 1807–1879 · physician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 196 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pimentel.
- Pillon 234 · U.S. census
- Pillot 366 · U.S. census
- Pilo 259 · U.S. census
- Pilon 2,647 · U.S. census
- Pilot 1,503 · U.S. census
- Pimenta 643 · U.S. census
- Pin 689 · U.S. census
- Pina 25,293 · U.S. census
- Pinard 1,721 · U.S. census
- Pinault 352 · U.S. census
- Pince 172 · U.S. census
- Pinchon 146 · U.S. census
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