Pimentel
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Pimentel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In Panama it is the 22nd most common surname. Recorded meaning: face red as pepper.
- ARArgentina1 in 14K(measured from records)
- USUnited States1 in 15K
- PAPanama≈1 in 3.5M
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.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 264 (measured from records)
- 1 in 1.1K (inferred from the name graph)
189,637 people
Highest-authority source
Brazil
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
face red as pepper
Sources 1
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Pimentel 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | — | 189,637 | 1 in 1.1K | 190K | — | 3 |
| US United States | — | 21,579 | 1 in 15K | 22K | Pimentel | 264 |
| ES Spain | — | 3,746 | 1 in 13K | 3.7K | — | 108 |
| AR Argentina | — | 3,346 | 1 in 14K | 3.3K | Pimentel | 70 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 1,293 | 1 in 2.6K | 1.3K | — | 29 |
| CR Costa Rica | — | 441 | 1 in 12K | 441 | — | 24 |
| PA Panama | #22 | ≈1 est. | ≈1 in 3.5M | 55 | Pimentel | 60 |
189,637 people counted by IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname). 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: IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Fernando Álvarez de Toledob. 1507ESnot in their usual nameSpanish military tactician and diplomat (1507-1582)
- George C. Pimentelb. 1922USAmerican chemist and academic (1922-1989)
- Loi Estradab. 1930PHnot in their usual nameformer Filipino politician
- Olavo de Carvalhob. 1947BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian journalist, writer, astrologer, essayist, polemicist, digital influencer and ideologue (1947-2022)
- Lenineb. 1959BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian singer-songwriter from Recife, Pernambuco
- Aquilino Pimentel IIIb. 1964PHMinority Floor Leader of the Senate of the Philippines since 2022
- Rodrigo Pimentelb. 1972BRBrazilian military policeman and screenwriter
- Jessica Pimentelb. 1982USAmerican actress and singer
- Esmeralda Pimentelb. 1988USAmerican Mexican actress and model
- Valentín Pimentelb. 1991PAPanamanian association football player
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 35 sources across 22 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 190K | #185 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 22K | #1,577 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 22K | #1,671 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 16K | #2,031 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 3.7K | #1,393 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 3.7K | #1,393 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 3.3K | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 1.3K | — |
| CR Costa Rica | TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names | — | 441 | #676 |
| PA Panama | Tribunal Electoral — Boletín, postulaciones for the 5 May 2024 general election | 2024 | 55 | #62 |
| PA Panama | Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names | — | 2 | #211 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- 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 Pimentel mean, and where does it come from?
- face red as pepper Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
- How common is the name Pimentel?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 189,637 people named Pimentel, about 1 in 1.1 thousand residents.
- How common is Pimentel compared with other names?
- In Panama, Pimentel is the 22nd most common surname of 39,844 surnames recorded there.
- In which country does Pimentel have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 190 thousand people named Pimentel, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Pimentel most common?
- Pimentel is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.1 thousand people carrying it.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/pimentelThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Pimentel” — the 22nd most common surname in Panama. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.