Jose Forename
4th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 29,946,427 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
El Salvador
Jose Forename Definition:
A Cornish form of Joseph.
Jose Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 100% | 8,002,933 | 1:27 | 2 |
| Mexico | 100% | 6,074,346 | 1:20 | 2 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2,265,456 | 1:21 | 2 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,194,245 | 1:21 | 2 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 1,655,317 | 1:18 | 1 |
| United States | 100% | 1,125,103 | 1:322 | 43 |
| Argentina | 100% | 1,030,765 | 1:41 | 3 |
| Peru | 100% | 796,219 | 1:40 | 2 |
| Philippines | 99% | 643,811 | 1:165 | 4 |
| Ecuador | - | 633,250 | 1:28 | 2 |
| Honduras | 100% | 593,889 | 1:15 | 2 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 585,681 | 1:28 | 2 |
| El Salvador | - | 545,311 | 1:12 | 2 |
| Chile | 100% | 495,091 | 1:36 | 3 |
| Mozambique | - | 457,910 | 1:59 | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 374,937 | 1:28 | 1 |
| Angola | 100% | 285,173 | 1:95 | 10 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 264,837 | 1:23 | 2 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 180,228 | 1:26 | 2 |
| DR Congo | 76% | 179,949 | 1:410 | 70 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 175,091 | 1:61 | 3 |
| Cuba | - | 158,105 | 1:73 | 4 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 154,934 | 1:23 | 1 |
| Portugal | - | 130,686 | 1:80 | 13 |
| Paraguay | 99% | 109,188 | 1:66 | 3 |
| Panama | 100% | 102,683 | 1:38 | 1 |
| France | 100% | 91,073 | 1:730 | 158 |
| India | 95% | 86,482 | 1:14,048 | 1,946 |
| East Timor | - | 81,065 | 1:15 | 1 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 79,466 | 1:43 | 3 |
| Guinea-Bissau | - | 57,356 | 1:30 | 7 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 55,321 | 1:427 | 57 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 99% | 54,121 | 1:21 | 2 |
| Canada | 100% | 23,503 | 1:1,410 | 315 |
| Netherlands | 82% | 19,075 | 1:886 | 191 |
| England | 98% | 15,350 | 1:3,622 | 462 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 13,463 | 1:2,289 | 392 |
| Belgium | 100% | 11,357 | 1:1,012 | 246 |
| Central African Republic | - | 10,376 | 1:435 | 180 |
| Thailand | 100% | 9,241 | 1:7,582 | 1,275 |
| Germany | 100% | 9,113 | 1:10,609 | 718 |
| South Africa | 99% | 6,920 | 1:7,880 | 1,413 |
| Poland | 98% | 5,796 | 1:6,561 | 356 |
| Burundi | 100% | 5,793 | 1:1,710 | 517 |
| Haiti | 100% | 5,236 | 1:2,049 | 320 |
| Belize | 100% | 5,026 | 1:70 | 2 |
| Morocco | - | 3,931 | 1:8,738 | 743 |
| Sudan | 100% | 3,570 | 1:10,590 | 1,295 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 3,468 | 1:28,132 | 3,442 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 3,456 | 1:2,377 | 448 |
| Rwanda | - | 3,384 | 1:3,360 | 662 |
| Oman | - | 3,362 | 1:1,222 | 188 |
| Libya | - | 3,121 | 1:1,993 | 372 |
| Suriname | 99% | 3,076 | 1:180 | 3 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 2,907 | 1:88,739 | 10,204 |
| Australia | - | 2,504 | 1:5,454 | 692 |
| Andorra | - | 2,499 | 1:33 | 4 |
| Ghana | - | 2,472 | 1:10,917 | 1,028 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 2,109 | 1:74 | 2 |
| Nigeria | 63% | 1,920 | 1:92,481 | 5,345 |
| Cameroon | 75% | 1,879 | 1:11,501 | 1,288 |
| Italy | 95% | 1,855 | 1:32,918 | 1,103 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,844 | 1:1,021 | 230 |
| Togo | - | 1,813 | 1:3,993 | 652 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1,519 | 1:348 | 39 |
| Ivory Coast | 74% | 1,457 | 1:15,838 | 1,559 |
| Benin | 100% | 1,452 | 1:7,284 | 1,096 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,384 | 1:7,123 | 701 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 1,319 | 1:5,422 | 641 |
| Kuwait | - | 1,311 | 1:2,887 | 398 |
| Comoros | - | 1,254 | 1:607 | 105 |
| Guam | - | 1,054 | 1:152 | 8 |
| Malaysia | 93% | 1,053 | 1:28,917 | 2,682 |
| Mauritius | - | 1,039 | 1:1,249 | 198 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,008 | 1:158,196 | 9,003 |
| Egypt | 84% | 954 | 1:96,332 | 4,476 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 940 | 1:56,158 | 3,936 |
| Namibia | - | 868 | 1:2,770 | 488 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 781 | 1:30,435 | 5,179 |
| Ireland | 97% | 765 | 1:6,070 | 549 |
| Japan | - | 761 | 1:168,181 | 6,206 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 715 | 1:29,090 | 3,562 |
| Aruba | - | 714 | 1:145 | 3 |
| New Zealand | - | 681 | 1:6,661 | 840 |
| Norway | 100% | 670 | 1:7,660 | 762 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 634 | 1:86 | 4 |
| Kenya | 86% | 608 | 1:76,163 | 4,463 |
| Bahrain | - | 592 | 1:2,278 | 377 |
| Congo | 78% | 543 | 1:9,225 | 1,213 |
| Scotland | 100% | 477 | 1:11,217 | 746 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 467 | 1:411 | 43 |
| Qatar | 100% | 450 | 1:5,266 | 857 |
| Malawi | 100% | 444 | 1:38,541 | 2,809 |
| Denmark | - | 433 | 1:13,047 | 964 |
| Finland | 100% | 429 | 1:12,781 | 893 |
| Wales | 100% | 414 | 1:7,474 | 711 |
| China | - | 400 | 1:3,415,139 | 49,389 |
| Somalia | - | 399 | 1:33,899 | 2,007 |
| Austria | 100% | 393 | 1:21,665 | 946 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 377 | 1:291 | 23 |
| Lebanon | 70% | 338 | 1:16,650 | 1,395 |
| Singapore | 97% | 334 | 1:18,824 | 3,591 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 330 | 1:819 | 187 |
| Swaziland | - | 308 | 1:4,221 | 796 |
| Zimbabwe | 87% | 299 | 1:51,585 | 4,462 |
| Jersey | - | 286 | 1:350 | 73 |
| Mali | - | 276 | 1:61,514 | 3,059 |
| Papua New Guinea | 64% | 269 | 1:30,306 | 3,025 |
| Uganda | 51% | 257 | 1:159,365 | 6,050 |
| Tonga | - | 226 | 1:475 | 106 |
| Zambia | - | 209 | 1:75,860 | 4,018 |
| Liberia | 72% | 205 | 1:21,522 | 1,471 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| Russia | 92% | 195 | 1:739,660 | 7,077 |
| Burkina Faso | 80% | 194 | 1:94,740 | 5,243 |
| Vanuatu | - | 186 | 1:1,407 | 400 |
| Iraq | - | 174 | 1:201,252 | 3,488 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 166 | 1:12,595 | 1,608 |
| Senegal | 95% | 164 | 1:88,911 | 2,689 |
| Afghanistan | 62% | 163 | 1:200,144 | 5,110 |
| French Polynesia | - | 157 | 1:1,770 | 410 |
| Bahamas | - | 156 | 1:2,560 | 523 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 148 | 1:626 | 139 |
| Hong Kong | - | 147 | 1:52,740 | 2,536 |
| Iceland | - | 145 | 1:2,524 | 404 |
| Malta | - | 125 | 1:3,435 | 545 |
| Brunei | 100% | 117 | 1:3,586 | 373 |
| Bermuda | - | 113 | 1:574 | 96 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 103 | 1:595 | 95 |
| Guyana | 100% | 100 | 1:7,633 | 1,248 |
| Greece | 100% | 96 | 1:113,902 | 2,921 |
| Romania | - | 96 | 1:208,875 | 7,172 |
| Macau | - | 95 | 1:6,402 | 260 |
| Estonia | 100% | 91 | 1:14,455 | 1,406 |
| Gibraltar | - | 90 | 1:379 | 77 |
| Jamaica | - | 85 | 1:33,920 | 2,235 |
| Czechia | 98% | 79 | 1:134,888 | 1,314 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 79 | 1:17,233 | 2,156 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 76 | 1:110,196 | 3,256 |
| American Samoa | - | 72 | 1:776 | 63 |
| South Korea | - | 70 | 1:79,206 | 4,428 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 69 | 1:2,816,778 | 33,760 |
| Hungary | 100% | 68 | 1:143,997 | 878 |
| Luxembourg | - | 68 | 1:8,295 | 733 |
| Botswana | - | 63 | 1:34,674 | 3,690 |
| Micronesia | - | 56 | 1:1,902 | 283 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 52 | 1:1,781,214 | 3,081 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 50 | 1:1,988 | 431 |
| Gambia | - | 49 | 1:39,318 | 298 |
| Croatia | 100% | 40 | 1:105,427 | 2,528 |
| Saint Lucia | 92% | 40 | 1:4,445 | 759 |
| Mongolia | - | 37 | 1:79,319 | 5,615 |
| Myanmar | - | 36 | 1:1,443,008 | 744 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 35 | 1:52,661 | 1,233 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:919 | 199 |
| Guernsey | - | 31 | 1:2,043 | 330 |
| Grenada | 69% | 25 | 1:4,325 | 740 |
| Monaco | - | 22 | 1:1,748 | 360 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 22 | 1:1,578 | 368 |
| Tunisia | - | 21 | 1:32,233 | 1,991 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 20 | 1:1,893 | 312 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 75% | 19 | 1:5,873 | 978 |
| Belarus | 100% | 17 | 1:557,787 | 3,467 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 17 | 1:3,227 | 641 |
| Kazakhstan | 83% | 16 | 1:1,109,178 | 11,387 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 16 | 1:597 | 129 |
| Guinea | 100% | 15 | 1:790,576 | 3,143 |
| Ukraine | - | 14 | 1:3,249,993 | 6,792 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 13 | 1:242 | 27 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 12 | 1:1,105 | 185 |
| Cambodia | - | 12 | 1:1,356,111 | 18,849 |
| Nepal | 100% | 11 | 1:2,589,759 | 36,665 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 10 | 1:964,294 | 14,459 |
| Mauritania | - | 10 | 1:409,524 | 9,113 |
| Niger | 100% | 10 | 1:1,918,399 | 23,776 |
| Djibouti | - | 9 | 1:101,740 | 979 |
| Eritrea | - | 9 | 1:528,109 | 348 |
| Israel | 88% | 9 | 1:933,658 | 13,501 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 9 | 1:590,007 | 2,547 |
| Laos | - | 8 | 1:823,357 | 879 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 8 | 1:6,404 | 961 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 7 | 1:503,494 | 4,832 |
| Greenland | - | 7 | 1:8,053 | 908 |
| Lithuania | - | 7 | 1:421,697 | 2,256 |
| Montenegro | - | 7 | 1:90,654 | 2,656 |
| Georgia | 100% | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| Latvia | - | 5 | 1:403,129 | 3,324 |
| Yemen | - | 5 | 1:5,259,350 | 4,986 |
| Bhutan | - | 4 | 1:206,232 | 3,492 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Iran | - | 4 | 1:19,624,217 | 40,893 |
| Moldova | 100% | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Slovenia | - | 4 | 1:614,690 | 6,214 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 3 | 1:193,652 | 6,393 |
| Syria | - | 3 | 1:6,435,358 | 7,086 |
| Albania | 100% | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Cook Islands | - | 2 | 1:9,076 | 1,075 |
| Isle of Man | - | 2 | 1:42,512 | 455 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Montserrat | - | 2 | 1:2,438 | 412 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 2 | 1:3,158 | 343 |
| San Marino | - | 2 | 1:16,460 | 588 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Dominica | - | 1 | 1:75,471 | 1,341 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Serbia | 100% | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: José (1,029,041), Josè (4,095), Joše (189), Jóse (182), Josë (50), Josê (47), Josė (41), Jôse (38), Jòse (13), Jośe (2), Jõse (1), Jósé (29) & Jôsé (1) are calculated separately.
Jose (240,491) may also be a surname.
Jose Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Cornish form of Joseph.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Jo'-se, raised, who exists or pardons, saviour. The son of Eliezer. Luke iii. 29.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: Greek for Josiah.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Jose Forename Popularity
Jose Demographics
Average Jose Salary in
United States
$34,767 USD
Per year
Rank:
327,390 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.271824
Rank: 54 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
79.87%
Sample size: 644,526 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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