Gimenez

surname · Latin script

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

Gimenez 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: variant of Jimenez (see Jimenez).

rarermore common
  • PYParaguay≈1 in 89(inferred from the name graph)
  • ARArgentina1 in 253
  • CRCosta Rica1 in 36as Jimenez

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 Gimenez 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 named Jimenez

#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 89 (inferred from the name graph)

Paraguay, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

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

Locally spelled Jimenez in US United States, ES Spain, VE Venezuela and 4 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)

variant of Jimenez (see Jimenez).

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Gimenez 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 Gimenez is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ES Spain#10399,394as Jimenez1 in 125399KJimenez280
US United States#120227,118as Jimenez1 in 1.5K227KJimenez521
CO Colombia#16≈230,000 est.≈1 in 216159Jimenez202
AR Argentina#16179,7281 in 253180KGimenez154
VE Venezuela#15≈180,000 est.≈1 in 162912Jimenez121
CR Costa Rica#1140,664as Jimenez1 in 36141KJimenez154
DO Dominican Republic#7≈120,000 est.≈1 in 87—Jimenez121
EC Ecuador—109,894as Jimenez1 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).

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

Gimenez is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Philippines

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Giménez

  • a separate name9 spellings in the group

    Also written Giménez, Gimenèz, Gimenéz, Gíménez, Gímenez

  • Khmer surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Vietnam, United States, Paraguay

    Languages: Khmer, Vietnamese

    Also written Giménez

  • Danish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Argentina, Paraguay, United States

    Languages: Danish, Swedish, Norwegian

    Also written Giménez

  • Latvian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Argentina, Paraguay

    Languages: Latvian, Lithuanian

    Also written Giménez

  • Croatian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Argentina, Paraguay, Croatia

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian

    Also written Giménez, Gimènez

46 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.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019502000Antoine Gimenez, b. 1910Marta Giménez Pastor, b. 1923Raúl Gimenez, b. 1950Thierry Gimenez, b. 1953Sébastien Gimenez, b. 1974Olivier Gimenez, b. 1975Chris Gimenez, b. 1982Andris Hernández, b. 1982Sara Gimenez, b. 1996

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 27 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Gimenez
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—180K—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—57K#74
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—57K#74
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 202020203K#10,300
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 201020103K#10,731
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 200020002.1K#13,407
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)—272—
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—41#2,410
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)200211—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)202110—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)199610—
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)198810—

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Gimenez mean, and where does it come from?
variant of Jimenez (see Jimenez). Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Gimenez have the most bearers?
In Spain, the national register counted about 399 thousand people named Jimenez, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Gimenez?
In Argentina, the national register counted 179,728 people named Gimenez, about 1 in 253 residents.
How common is Gimenez compared with other names?
In Spain, Gimenez 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, “Gimenez” — the 10th most common surname in Spain. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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