Josef Forename
644th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,251,626 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria
Josef Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 706,353 | 1:137 | 26 |
| Czechia | 100% | 221,620 | 1:48 | 6 |
| Austria | 100% | 195,688 | 1:44 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 43,268 | 1:190 | 32 |
| Italy | 100% | 15,352 | 1:3,977 | 410 |
| United States | 100% | 11,963 | 1:30,305 | 2,092 |
| India | 100% | 11,252 | 1:107,970 | 12,875 |
| Namibia | - | 9,301 | 1:258 | 42 |
| South Africa | 99% | 6,612 | 1:8,248 | 1,463 |
| Sweden | 100% | 3,527 | 1:2,795 | 386 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,245 | 1:95,428 | 5,418 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,946 | 1:17,026 | 1,625 |
| Poland | 99% | 1,932 | 1:19,683 | 705 |
| England | 100% | 1,798 | 1:30,925 | 1,723 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,720 | 1:149,979 | 15,543 |
| Philippines | 98% | 1,626 | 1:65,196 | 4,279 |
| Morocco | - | 1,201 | 1:28,600 | 1,533 |
| Belgium | 100% | 1,092 | 1:10,522 | 1,114 |
| Malta | - | 1,091 | 1:394 | 83 |
| Ghana | - | 1,011 | 1:26,693 | 1,799 |
| Thailand | 100% | 805 | 1:87,038 | 7,722 |
| Australia | - | 790 | 1:17,288 | 1,299 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 758 | 1:40,650 | 4,986 |
| Egypt | 100% | 651 | 1:141,169 | 5,768 |
| Bangladesh | - | 642 | 1:248,382 | 11,817 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 531 | 1:19,645 | 1,847 |
| Norway | 100% | 518 | 1:9,908 | 877 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 483 | 1:10,994 | 433 |
| Denmark | - | 409 | 1:13,813 | 994 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 322 | 1:52,491 | 3,520 |
| France | 100% | 307 | 1:216,516 | 3,395 |
| Spain | 100% | 297 | 1:156,667 | 3,617 |
| Algeria | - | 286 | 1:133,485 | 2,698 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 274 | 1:138 | 27 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 261 | 1:115,716 | 5,027 |
| Peru | 98% | 215 | 1:147,867 | 4,454 |
| Nigeria | 93% | 200 | 1:887,822 | 23,107 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 199 | 1:370,993 | 14,033 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| New Zealand | - | 155 | 1:29,265 | 1,958 |
| Mexico | 97% | 143 | 1:868,143 | 7,543 |
| Hungary | 98% | 131 | 1:74,746 | 641 |
| Portugal | - | 120 | 1:86,757 | 2,474 |
| Greece | 100% | 119 | 1:91,887 | 2,569 |
| Wales | 99% | 118 | 1:26,223 | 1,272 |
| Scotland | 100% | 116 | 1:46,124 | 1,511 |
| Greenland | - | 113 | 1:499 | 106 |
| Croatia | 100% | 103 | 1:40,942 | 1,569 |
| Ireland | 100% | 102 | 1:45,525 | 1,546 |
| Chile | 95% | 93 | 1:189,325 | 3,578 |
| Ecuador | - | 81 | 1:218,851 | 3,600 |
| Tajikistan | - | 76 | 1:110,196 | 3,256 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 73 | 1:723,128 | 17,376 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 66 | 1:461,363 | 20,653 |
| Russia | 100% | 66 | 1:2,185,359 | 14,310 |
| Finland | 100% | 65 | 1:84,357 | 2,194 |
| Turkey | 97% | 48 | 1:1,620,869 | 12,777 |
| China | - | 46 | 1:29,696,865 | 61,011 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 46 | 1:350,183 | 3,849 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 41 | 1:174,439 | 11,761 |
| Kuwait | - | 38 | 1:99,612 | 6,886 |
| Argentina | 92% | 36 | 1:1,188,146 | 5,692 |
| Israel | 100% | 36 | 1:233,414 | 6,698 |
| Estonia | 100% | 34 | 1:38,688 | 2,486 |
| Romania | 100% | 32 | 1:626,624 | 17,326 |
| Singapore | 100% | 32 | 1:196,470 | 8,457 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 30 | 1:158,932 | 4,109 |
| Tunisia | - | 30 | 1:22,563 | 1,609 |
| Angola | 100% | 25 | 1:1,078,664 | 2,481 |
| Ethiopia | - | 25 | 1:3,902,405 | 10,287 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 25 | 1:289,472 | 3,856 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 25 | 1:98,350 | 2,852 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:462,041 | 849 |
| Hong Kong | - | 24 | 1:323,030 | 3,752 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 24 | 1:23,502 | 1,294 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 24 | 1:990,403 | 38,270 |
| Jamaica | - | 22 | 1:131,056 | 5,047 |
| Colombia | 100% | 20 | 1:2,388,946 | 18,551 |
| Pakistan | 90% | 20 | 1:9,717,884 | 69,757 |
| Papua New Guinea | 63% | 19 | 1:429,069 | 33,046 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 18 | 1:48,393 | 2,133 |
| Iran | - | 18 | 1:4,360,937 | 18,054 |
| Aruba | - | 17 | 1:6,105 | 1,121 |
| Liberia | 100% | 17 | 1:259,533 | 8,550 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 17 | 1:80,083 | 6,047 |
| Botswana | - | 16 | 1:136,528 | 10,720 |
| Sudan | - | 16 | 1:2,362,936 | 3,917 |
| Honduras | 100% | 15 | 1:587,831 | 8,292 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Albania | 100% | 14 | 1:217,612 | 11,047 |
| Panama | 100% | 14 | 1:279,040 | 9,506 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 13 | 1:1,365,142 | 12,672 |
| Uganda | 100% | 13 | 1:3,150,532 | 34,391 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Malawi | - | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 9 | 1:1,713,757 | 49,613 |
| Belarus | 100% | 6 | 1:1,580,397 | 7,457 |
| Lithuania | - | 6 | 1:491,980 | 2,375 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Ukraine | - | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Vietnam | - | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Bahamas | - | 5 | 1:79,874 | 1,458 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 5 | 1:4,322,101 | 63,776 |
| El Salvador | - | 5 | 1:1,268,357 | 7,255 |
| Georgia | 100% | 5 | 1:747,693 | 11,698 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 5 | 1:418,151 | 8,727 |
| Serbia | 100% | 5 | 1:1,429,144 | 6,659 |
| Zambia | - | 5 | 1:3,170,959 | 26,788 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 4 | 1:881,114 | 5,655 |
| Guernsey | - | 4 | 1:15,833 | 609 |
| Kenya | - | 4 | 1:11,576,778 | 40,588 |
| Kosovo | - | 4 | 1:465,360 | 11,976 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Armenia | 50% | 3 | 1:972,918 | 8,284 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Lebanon | - | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 2 | 1:30,650 | 1,815 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Dominica | - | 2 | 1:37,736 | 863 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2 | 1:1,775,150 | 6,781 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Anguilla | - | 1 | 1:13,255 | 1,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cook Islands | - | 1 | 1:18,153 | 1,349 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Vatican City | - | 1 | 1:123 | 15 |
The alternate forms: Jósef (154) & Joséf (9) are calculated separately.
Josef (13,793) may also be a surname.
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Sample size: 2,468 (2014)
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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