Joe Forename
561st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,378,929 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Micronesia
Joe Forename Definition:
JOEY. Of these diminutives of Joseph, the latter is usually bestowed on animals.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 873,094 | 1:415 | 61 |
| Canada | 100% | 80,909 | 1:410 | 63 |
| England | 99% | 45,055 | 1:1,234 | 254 |
| Ghana | 96% | 36,465 | 1:740 | 173 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 29,510 | 1:240 | 53 |
| Philippines | 91% | 27,438 | 1:3,864 | 676 |
| Papua New Guinea | 97% | 27,117 | 1:301 | 25 |
| Australia | - | 23,870 | 1:572 | 134 |
| Nigeria | 98% | 22,111 | 1:8,031 | 1,131 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 12,305 | 1:289 | 60 |
| Liberia | 99% | 12,236 | 1:361 | 71 |
| Zambia | - | 10,825 | 1:1,465 | 301 |
| Mozambique | - | 8,640 | 1:3,153 | 666 |
| Sudan | 83% | 8,131 | 1:4,650 | 742 |
| Egypt | 86% | 7,981 | 1:11,515 | 1,041 |
| East Timor | - | 7,445 | 1:164 | 61 |
| Kenya | 100% | 6,997 | 1:6,618 | 954 |
| New Zealand | - | 6,134 | 1:739 | 176 |
| South Africa | 94% | 6,061 | 1:8,997 | 1,576 |
| Malawi | 100% | 5,288 | 1:3,236 | 556 |
| Indonesia | 88% | 5,197 | 1:49,637 | 6,316 |
| DR Congo | 97% | 5,149 | 1:14,338 | 1,307 |
| Uganda | 95% | 5,109 | 1:8,017 | 856 |
| Rwanda | - | 4,834 | 1:2,352 | 509 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 4,364 | 1:4,766 | 826 |
| Malta | - | 4,045 | 1:106 | 10 |
| India | 100% | 4,001 | 1:303,644 | 28,126 |
| Peru | 100% | 3,884 | 1:8,185 | 1,027 |
| China | - | 3,521 | 1:387,974 | 23,404 |
| Angola | - | 3,509 | 1:7,685 | 997 |
| Malaysia | 75% | 3,502 | 1:8,695 | 1,005 |
| Fiji | - | 3,424 | 1:261 | 13 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 3,340 | 1:4,618 | 736 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 3,023 | 1:7,817 | 1,382 |
| Togo | - | 2,967 | 1:2,440 | 399 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,619 | 1:2,043 | 297 |
| Poland | 88% | 2,309 | 1:16,469 | 627 |
| Ireland | 92% | 2,257 | 1:2,057 | 311 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 2,215 | 1:13,635 | 1,323 |
| Germany | 100% | 2,104 | 1:45,950 | 1,397 |
| Gambia | - | 1,999 | 1:964 | 190 |
| Morocco | - | 1,965 | 1:17,480 | 1,143 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1,705 | 1:4,547 | 338 |
| Libya | - | 1,653 | 1:3,764 | 614 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,443 | 1:1,305 | 312 |
| France | 94% | 1,435 | 1:46,321 | 1,453 |
| Japan | 100% | 1,394 | 1:91,812 | 4,264 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,375 | 1:115,972 | 7,431 |
| Oman | - | 1,331 | 1:3,087 | 445 |
| Ecuador | - | 1,288 | 1:13,763 | 962 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1,278 | 1:97,140 | 2,531 |
| Thailand | 91% | 1,230 | 1:56,964 | 5,876 |
| Kuwait | - | 1,225 | 1:3,090 | 428 |
| Micronesia | - | 1,220 | 1:87 | 15 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1,219 | 1:215 | 23 |
| Switzerland | 98% | 1,195 | 1:6,873 | 829 |
| Suriname | 100% | 1,168 | 1:473 | 47 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,119 | 1:15,105 | 1,598 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,113 | 1:1,656 | 294 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,094 | 1:2,828 | 439 |
| Singapore | 95% | 1,089 | 1:5,773 | 1,025 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 988 | 1:588 | 120 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 951 | 1:10,969 | 1,258 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 933 | 1:7,666 | 863 |
| Portugal | - | 849 | 1:12,263 | 692 |
| Bahrain | - | 769 | 1:1,754 | 294 |
| Colombia | 100% | 760 | 1:62,867 | 2,531 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 699 | 1:44,081 | 5,366 |
| Italy | 94% | 640 | 1:95,410 | 1,837 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 610 | 1:35,427 | 2,599 |
| Samoa | - | 548 | 1:356 | 99 |
| Qatar | 100% | 532 | 1:4,454 | 707 |
| Mali | - | 497 | 1:34,160 | 2,094 |
| Guam | - | 450 | 1:357 | 46 |
| Brazil | 100% | 426 | 1:502,902 | 16,485 |
| Botswana | 100% | 401 | 1:5,448 | 898 |
| Denmark | - | 400 | 1:14,124 | 1,010 |
| Belgium | 100% | 393 | 1:29,237 | 1,871 |
| Swaziland | - | 384 | 1:3,386 | 687 |
| Congo | 100% | 381 | 1:13,148 | 1,554 |
| Russia | 89% | 370 | 1:389,821 | 4,684 |
| Sweden | 99% | 351 | 1:28,085 | 1,773 |
| Haiti | 100% | 341 | 1:31,457 | 2,350 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 336 | 1:70,743 | 9,519 |
| Spain | 100% | 335 | 1:138,895 | 3,414 |
| South Korea | - | 300 | 1:18,481 | 1,845 |
| Afghanistan | 84% | 251 | 1:129,974 | 4,012 |
| Chad | 100% | 247 | 1:55,054 | 5,059 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 242 | 1:66,564 | 1,880 |
| American Samoa | - | 232 | 1:241 | 4 |
| Chile | 98% | 219 | 1:80,398 | 2,266 |
| Djibouti | - | 217 | 1:4,220 | 471 |
| Iraq | - | 217 | 1:161,373 | 3,097 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 213 | 1:144,537 | 3,727 |
| Panama | 100% | 196 | 1:19,931 | 1,978 |
| Austria | 100% | 174 | 1:48,932 | 1,496 |
| Bahamas | - | 174 | 1:2,295 | 483 |
| Norway | 100% | 171 | 1:30,014 | 1,530 |
| Nicaragua | 98% | 166 | 1:36,255 | 2,050 |
| Marshall Islands | 98% | 152 | 1:337 | 13 |
| Tonga | - | 151 | 1:711 | 162 |
| Gibraltar | - | 149 | 1:229 | 25 |
| Jamaica | - | 149 | 1:19,351 | 1,629 |
| Tanzania | 95% | 146 | 1:361,564 | 11,712 |
| Israel | 75% | 139 | 1:60,453 | 3,398 |
| Finland | 100% | 136 | 1:40,318 | 1,549 |
| Costa Rica | 99% | 131 | 1:36,397 | 1,871 |
| Hungary | 99% | 106 | 1:92,375 | 704 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 104 | 1:526 | 81 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 97 | 1:955 | 234 |
| Bermuda | - | 94 | 1:690 | 133 |
| Lebanon | - | 88 | 1:63,950 | 2,628 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 88 | 1:1,052,535 | 2,697 |
| Honduras | 100% | 85 | 1:103,735 | 3,293 |
| Cuba | - | 76 | 1:151,402 | 2,489 |
| Benin | 100% | 71 | 1:148,956 | 7,902 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 71 | 1:19,175 | 2,321 |
| Romania | - | 69 | 1:290,608 | 9,100 |
| Brunei | - | 68 | 1:6,170 | 618 |
| Argentina | 94% | 67 | 1:638,407 | 4,169 |
| Jersey | 100% | 67 | 1:1,492 | 306 |
| Namibia | - | 62 | 1:38,777 | 2,685 |
| Senegal | 94% | 58 | 1:251,403 | 4,565 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 57 | 1:1,111 | 227 |
| Guyana | 100% | 57 | 1:13,391 | 1,879 |
| Pakistan | 67% | 56 | 1:3,470,673 | 38,610 |
| Macau | - | 49 | 1:12,412 | 288 |
| Greece | 100% | 48 | 1:227,803 | 4,386 |
| Guinea | 100% | 47 | 1:252,312 | 2,662 |
| El Salvador | - | 44 | 1:144,132 | 2,504 |
| Ivory Coast | 91% | 44 | 1:524,453 | 19,218 |
| Estonia | 100% | 43 | 1:30,590 | 2,187 |
| Mauritius | - | 42 | 1:30,900 | 2,306 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 42 | 1:2,613 | 507 |
| Czechia | 99% | 39 | 1:273,235 | 1,881 |
| French Polynesia | - | 38 | 1:7,313 | 1,076 |
| Burundi | - | 36 | 1:275,182 | 656 |
| Central African Republic | - | 36 | 1:125,428 | 257 |
| Laos | - | 36 | 1:182,968 | 231 |
| Burkina Faso | 71% | 35 | 1:525,128 | 17,641 |
| Tunisia | - | 35 | 1:19,340 | 1,476 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 34 | 1:100,813 | 2,601 |
| Belize | 100% | 31 | 1:11,429 | 1,625 |
| Mongolia | - | 31 | 1:94,671 | 6,256 |
| Belarus | 87% | 29 | 1:326,979 | 2,407 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 25 | 1:45,508 | 307 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 24 | 1:739,452 | 9,106 |
| Latvia | - | 22 | 1:91,620 | 1,828 |
| Luxembourg | - | 22 | 1:25,639 | 1,366 |
| Monaco | 100% | 22 | 1:1,748 | 360 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 22 | 1:241,366 | 1,482 |
| Aruba | - | 21 | 1:4,942 | 942 |
| Cambodia | - | 21 | 1:774,920 | 13,633 |
| Barbados | - | 20 | 1:14,489 | 1,291 |
| Syria | - | 20 | 1:965,304 | 3,164 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 19 | 1:3,226 | 656 |
| Myanmar | - | 19 | 1:2,734,120 | 1,065 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 18 | 1:5,522 | 1,017 |
| Ukraine | - | 17 | 1:2,676,465 | 6,045 |
| South Sudan | 75% | 16 | 1:721,939 | 1,033 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 16 | 1:2,169 | 514 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 15 | 1:1,210 | 201 |
| Jordan | - | 15 | 1:588,452 | 4,159 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 15 | 1:12,800 | 1,341 |
| Iran | - | 14 | 1:5,606,919 | 20,569 |
| Turkey | 100% | 14 | 1:5,557,265 | 23,905 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 12 | 1:72,590 | 2,375 |
| Croatia | - | 11 | 1:383,371 | 4,897 |
| Iceland | - | 11 | 1:33,274 | 2,039 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 10 | 1:352,446 | 4,353 |
| Curaçao | - | 10 | 1:15,580 | 668 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Palau | - | 9 | 1:2,412 | 36 |
| Somalia | - | 9 | 1:1,502,874 | 3,918 |
| Albania | 88% | 8 | 1:380,821 | 15,237 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 8 | 1:1,657 | 292 |
| Cape Verde | - | 8 | 1:66,144 | 2,710 |
| Moldova | - | 8 | 1:445,142 | 2,889 |
| Serbia | - | 8 | 1:893,215 | 5,853 |
| Bhutan | - | 7 | 1:117,847 | 2,550 |
| Grenada | 100% | 7 | 1:15,446 | 1,649 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 7 | 1:7,837 | 1,103 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 83% | 7 | 1:15,940 | 2,043 |
| Algeria | - | 6 | 1:6,362,787 | 10,855 |
| Azerbaijan | 50% | 6 | 1:1,607,157 | 18,833 |
| Bolivia | - | 6 | 1:1,766,901 | 4,084 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Georgia | 100% | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 6 | 1:14,170 | 269 |
| Armenia | 100% | 5 | 1:583,751 | 6,330 |
| Maldives | - | 5 | 1:86,781 | 2,313 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 5 | 1:1,447,361 | 8,023 |
| Andorra | - | 4 | 1:20,722 | 745 |
| Nepal | - | 4 | 1:7,121,838 | 62,014 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 4 | 1:581 | 152 |
| Tajikistan | - | 4 | 1:2,093,730 | 5,016 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Dominica | - | 3 | 1:25,157 | 718 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 3 | 1:1,991,092 | 30,660 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 3 | 1:12,619 | 697 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Mauritania | - | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Niger | 100% | 2 | 1:9,591,997 | 55,581 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 2 | 1:88,908 | 5,280 |
| San Marino | 100% | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Faroe Islands | - | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 1 | 1:1,728,218 | 422 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Joé (14,336), Joè (5), Jóe (1) & Jôe (1) are calculated separately.
Joe (81,113) may also be a surname.
Joe Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
JOEY. Of these diminutives of Joseph, the latter is usually bestowed on animals.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
User-submitted Reference
Joe is an ancient Anglo-Saxon surname that came from the baptismal name for the son of Joseph.
'Many of the modern directory Josephs are of Jewish extraction, but there are also a fair number of Josephs who have a purely English descent.'
Early Origins of the Joe familyThe surname Joe was first found in the Domesday Book of 1086 where the Latin form Josephus was recorded. [2] Later in Norfolk, Joseph (no forename) was listed at Holme (1141-1149) and later in Lincolnshire in 1187. In Herefordshire, Umfridus filius Josep was found there in the Curia Regis Rolls of 1205 and then William Joseph was entered in the Pipe Rolls of Hampshire in 1191 and in the Curia Regis Rolls for Suffolk in 1205. [3]
Joseph of Exeter, in Latin Joseph Iscanus ( fl.1190), was a mediæval 'Latin poet, was, as he tells us himself, a native of Exeter, being the fellow-townsman and lifelong friend of Baldwin, Archbishop of Canterbury.' [4][1]
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