Jimenêz

surname · Latin script

Jimenêz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Spain than in any other country, where it is the 10th most common surname. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Spanish Jiménez. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

rarermore common
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 36(measured from records)
  • DODominican Republic≈1 in 87
  • ESSpain1 in 125

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Jimenêz itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Spain (measured from records)

399,394 people

#87 (measured from records)

of 19M surnames

5 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
521 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 36 (inferred from the name graph)

Costa Rica

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

JimenêzLatin(measured from records)
ХименесCyrillic(measured from records)
จิเมเนซThai(measured from records)
지메네즈Hangul(measured from records)
ΧιμένεθGreek(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Jimenez in US United States, ES Spain, VE Venezuela and 4 more and Gimenez in AR Argentina, PY Paraguay.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Spanish Jiménez. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos .

Sources 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wiktionary
  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
  • Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]

Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jimenêz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Jimenêz is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain#10399,3941 in 125399KJimenez280
US United States#120227,1181 in 1.5K227KJimenez521
CO Colombia#16≈230,000 est.≈1 in 216159Jimenez202
AR Argentina#16179,728as Gimenez1 in 253180KGimenez154
VE Venezuela#15≈180,000 est.≈1 in 162912Jimenez121
CR Costa Rica#1140,6641 in 36141KJimenez154
DO Dominican Republic#7≈120,000 est.≈1 in 87—Jimenez121
EC Ecuador—109,8941 in 154110KJimenez101
PY Paraguay#4≈81,000 est.≈1 in 89—Gimenez79

399,394 people counted by INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); asosab — SAIME ID-card names (1896–1996); the co-datosgov-candidates register; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names; INEC — civil registry names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Jimenêz under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Jimenêz mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Jiménez. Introduced through the Catálogo alfabético de apellidos . Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names and Wiktionary and 2 other sources.
In which country does Jimenêz have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 399 thousand people named Jimenêz, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jimenez.
Where is Jimenêz most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jimenêz is densest in Costa Rica — about 1 in 36 people — even though Spain holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Jimenêz?
In Spain, the national register counted 399,394 people named Jimenêz, about 1 in 125 residents.
How common is Jimenêz compared with other names?
In Spain, Jimenêz is the 10th most common surname of 395,154 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Jimenêz” — the 10th most common surname in Spain. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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