Ximenes
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Jimenez; kinnui of Shimon
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʃimens/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Ximenes is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In Timor-Leste it is the 2nd most common surname.
- BRBrazil≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
- PTPortugal≈1 in 41K
- AOAngola≈1 in 94K
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 (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 131 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 15K (inferred from the name graph)
≈14,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Brazil, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Jimenez; kinnui of Shimon
Sources 1
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ximenes 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 | #413 | ≈14,000 est. | ≈1 in 15K | 60 | Ximenes | 131 |
| AO Angola | — | ≈350 est. | ≈1 in 94K | — | Ximenes | 7 |
| FR France | — | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 221K | 43 | — | 2 |
| PT Portugal | — | ≈250 est. | ≈1 in 41K | — | Ximenes | 44 |
| US United States | — | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 2M | listed | Ximenes | 95 |
| ES Spain | — | 101 | 1 in 495K | 101 | Ximenes | 19 |
| TL Timor-Leste | #2 | ≈6 est. | ≈1 in 229K | — | Ximenes | 19 |
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: Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Ximenes is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Croatian, talijanski kipar monumentalne plastike (spomenici Garibaldiju u Milanu i Pesaru, Verdiju u Parmi, Danteu u New Yorku i Washingtonu Spomenik nezavisnosti u Rio de Janeiru)
as a wordHrvatski jezični portal (HJP) dictionary export
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Francesc Eiximenisb. 1330ESnot in their usual nameCatalan philosopher, titular Patriarch of Jerusalem, Palestine, and Bishop of Elne
- Tommaso Ximenesb. 1550ITRoman Catholic bishop
- Leonardo Ximenesb. 1716ITItalian mathematician
- Antonio Ximenesb. 1829ITItalian sculptor (1829-1896)
- Eduardo Ximenesb. 1852ITItalian artist and writer (1852-1932)
- Ettore Ximenesb. 1855ITItalian sculptor (1855-1926)
- Michel Ximenesb. 1939FRFrench politician
- Felippe Ximenesb. 1976BRBrazilian footballer and manager
- Mariana Ximenesb. 1981BRBrazilian actress
- Imelda Ximenes Belob. 1998TLTimorese swimmer
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 30K | #614 |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 101 | #27,274 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 101 | #27,237 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 52 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 49 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 44 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 43 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 13 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 10 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
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 Ximenes mean, and where does it come from?
- Jimenez; kinnui of Shimon Recorded by Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,….
- How do you pronounce Ximenes?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃimens/ (IPA) for Portuguese.
- In which country does Ximenes have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 14 thousand people named Ximenes in Brazil, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ximenes.
- How common is the name Ximenes?
- In Spain, the national register counted 101 people named Ximenes, about 1 in 495 thousand residents.
- How common is Ximenes compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Ximenes is the 413th most common surname of 424,864 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ximenesThe 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), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Ximenes” — the 413th most common surname in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.