Jiminez is used as a family name or surname in Spain. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Jiminez
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Spain
Meaning:

The Jiminez is form of Jimenez. Descendant of the house or family of Simon meaning "gracious hearing".

Surname Jiminez is a variant form of Ximenes. Ximene; for the name appears to be the genitive of the Greek Ximene, a district along the Euxine. There are, however, two towns in Spain called Ximena.

How popular is Jiminez?

Despite the fact that the number of Jiminez bearers increased by 9.13 per cent in 2010 US census to 3108 since 2000, the surname slipped by 8 spots and ranked at 10371. The last name was found in around 1 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Hispanic or Latino 85.04 85.01
White 8.98 8.81
Black 3.19 2.63
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
1.42 1.65
Others 0.93 1.51
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.45 0.39

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