Jirón

surname · Latin script

Meaning: rag; shred

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Jirón is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nicaragua than in any other country, where it is the 48th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • NINicaragua≈1 in 372(inferred from the name graph)
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 1.4K
  • SVEl Salvador≈1 in 6.2K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nicaragua (inferred from the name graph)

≈17,000 people, est.

Sources
234 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 372 (inferred from the name graph)

Nicaragua, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Jiron in NI Nicaragua, US United States, CR Costa Rica and 3 more.

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)

rag; shred

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jirón 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 Jirón is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NI Nicaragua#48≈17,000 est.≈1 in 372—Jiron41
CR Costa Rica#1923,7401 in 1.4K3.7KJiron39
US United States—2,4941 in 133K2.5KJiron234
HN Honduras#368≈1,100 est.≈1 in 8.5K—Jiron11
SV El Salvador#466≈1,100 est.≈1 in 6.2K—Jiron16
PE Peru—≈750 est.≈1 in 43K—Jiron36

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; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Jirón is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Jiron

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Jiron

  • Arabic surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Algeria, Morocco

    Also written Jiron

  • Russian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Peru, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Jiron, Jiròn

  • a separate surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States

    Also written Jiron

11 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Jirón 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 Jirón mean, and where does it come from?
rag; shred Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Jirón have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 17 thousand people named Jirón in Nicaragua, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled jiron.
How common is the name Jirón?
In Costa Rica, the national register counted 3,740 people named Jirón, about 1 in 1.4 thousand residents.
How common is Jirón compared with other names?
In Nicaragua, Jirón is the 48th most common surname of 5,756 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, “Jirón” — the 48th most common surname in Nicaragua. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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