These are the most common Mexican last names beginning with J, ranked by how many people in Mexico bear them today.
These rankings come from a database of over 1.25 million workers published by Mexico’s Ministry of Public Education.
Jiménez and Juárez are the two names that are in the top one hundred in Mexico, ranking 15 and 29 respectively.
List Of Mexican Last Names Starting With J
Let’s start with the alphabetical list of names from Jacal to Jahuey.
Jacobo is the most common name in this section. Unlike many common Mexican names, it is not of Spanish origin. It comes from the Hebrew name Ya‘aqov (Jacob). Coming from the Biblical story of Jacob, the meaning is given as someone “who grabs the heel”.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Jacal | 4,523 | |
| Jacales | 5,590 | |
| Jacinto | 611 | 5,572 |
| Jacintos | 3,250 | |
| Jacobo | 446 | 3,105 |
| Jacome | 989 | 13,214 |
| Jacquez | 3,059 | 8,073 |
| Jaen | 2,409 | 37,544 |
| Jahen | 4,098 | |
| Jahuey | 3,605 | 132,206 |
Mexican Names from Jaime to Jaquez
Jaimes is the most common name in this section. It also has two variants on the list: Jaime and Jaimez. It is also considered to be related to Jacob, but the surname form is Spanish.
Jalpa is an indigenous Nahuatl name. There are several towns of the name in Mexico. Early bearers likely took the names from towns they lived in.
The Nahuatl meaning translates to “on sand”, which suggests the places are near the coast.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Jaime | 416 | 2,665 |
| Jaimes | 255 | 2,050 |
| Jaimez | 1,880 | 22,516 |
| Jalife | 4,802 | |
| Jalomo | 3,485 | 26,451 |
| Jalpa | 4,311 | |
| Jamaica | 5,590 | 50,106 |
| Jandete | 4,311 | |
| Jantes | 5,590 | 90,113 |
| Jaquez | 1,022 | 4,295 |
Mexican Names from Jara to Javier
Jaramillo is the most common name in the section. There are several towns with Jaramillo in their names in the region of Burgos in Spain. Jaramillo de la Fuente and Jaramillo Quemado are examples.
The meaning comes from jara, a Spanish word for a shrub, and -illo which is the diminutive.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Jara | 744 | 4,042 |
| Jaraleño | 4,802 | |
| Jaralillo | 5,158 | |
| Jaramillo | 290 | 945 |
| Jardines | 2,266 | 48,995 |
| Jardinez | 3,605 | |
| Jardon | 1,432 | 32,079 |
| Jarero | 3,250 | 153,769 |
| Jarillo | 1,817 | 69,996 |
| Jariz | 5,158 | |
| Jarquin | 807 | 10,290 |
| Jasso | 335 | 2,707 |
| Jatomea | 4,802 | |
| Jauregui | 588 | 2,823 |
| Jaurez | 3,917 | 65,244 |
| Javalera | 3,059 | 62,045 |
| Javier | 710 | 3,838 |
Mexican Names from Jerez to Joya
I mentioned Jiménez in the introduction as the most popular name beginning with J.
The name literally means son of “Jimeno”, which also appears on the list but is far lower. The name first appears in Basque lands in medieval times.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Jerez | 2,409 | 8,137 |
| Jeronimo | 623 | 11,856 |
| Jesus | 1,237 | 14,636 |
| Jijon | 1,880 | 43,584 |
| Jilote | 4,523 | |
| Jimarez | 5,590 | |
| Jimenes | 4,523 | 12,192 |
| Jiménez | 15 | 100 |
| Jimeno | 5,590 | 45,189 |
| Jimon | 4,311 | 131,379 |
| Joachin | 2,197 | 50,467 |
| Jocobi | 1,579 | |
| Jonapa | 3,163 | |
| Jonguitud | 1,692 | 160,975 |
| Jorge | 1,504 | 5,573 |
| Jovel | 4,523 | 13,391 |
| Joya | 1,579 | 11,204 |
Mexican Names from Juan to Juvera
I highlighted Juárez in the introduction as being the second most common Mexican name starting with J.
The name literally means “son of Suero”, with Suero coming from the Latin suarius, meaning a swineherd.
| Last Name | Mexico Rank | U.S. Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Juan | 820 | 4,808 |
| Juan de Dios | 5,590 | |
| Juanchi | 5,158 | |
| Juandiego | 5,590 | 150,452 |
| Juárez | 29 | 306 |
| Julio | 1,999 | 22,113 |
| Junco | 2,369 | 23,283 |
| Jupamea | 4,802 | |
| Jurado | 603 | 3,804 |
| Jusacamea | 3,762 | |
| Jusaino | 3,059 | |
| Justo | 1,017 | 17,699 |
| Juvera | 5,158 | 48,800 |
Notes About The List
The data comes from an open database of 1,256,438 federal education workers published by Mexico’s Secretaría de Educación Pública. The processed data is published on GitHub as mexican-names.
The Mexico Rank column shows how common the surname is in Mexico. The lower the number, the more common the name. The U.S. Rank column is the name’s position in the 2010 United States census.
People in Mexico carry two surnames, the father’s followed by the mother’s. Our ranking uses the father’s surname, which is the one a person is normally known by.
Related lists
For surnames common among Hispanic Americans, see our list of Hispanic last names starting with J.
You can also use our surname ranking tool to check how a name ranked in the 2000 and 2010 U.S. censuses.
