Josephine Forename
350th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,844,031 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Dominica
Josephine Forename Definition:
A female name. French f. diminutive of Joseph (q.v.) The Empress Josephine, who is responsible for the modern vogue of the name, was actually named Marie Josèphe Rose, Josephine being a pet- name. Josepha was occasionally used in the last century, when the popularity of Joseph was at its height.
Read More About This ForenameJosephine Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 99% | 310,590 | 1:341 | 22 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 290,689 | 1:254 | 21 |
| United States | 100% | 184,681 | 1:1,963 | 385 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 155,157 | 1:1,144 | 195 |
| Uganda | 100% | 142,913 | 1:287 | 54 |
| Zambia | - | 72,476 | 1:219 | 28 |
| Ghana | 100% | 64,614 | 1:418 | 85 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 64,572 | 1:335 | 41 |
| Kenya | 100% | 60,498 | 1:765 | 150 |
| England | 100% | 54,694 | 1:1,017 | 219 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 43,686 | 1:1,208 | 255 |
| Benin | 100% | 38,222 | 1:277 | 9 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 26,231 | 1:270 | 68 |
| South Africa | 100% | 25,040 | 1:2,178 | 372 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 22,479 | 1:506 | 103 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 21,216 | 1:727 | 129 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 20,442 | 1:565 | 138 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 19,688 | 1:414 | 38 |
| Burundi | 100% | 15,931 | 1:622 | 186 |
| Liberia | 99% | 15,447 | 1:286 | 51 |
| Sudan | 100% | 14,278 | 1:2,648 | 473 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 11,790 | 1:2,004 | 476 |
| Ireland | 100% | 11,557 | 1:402 | 88 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 10,091 | 1:1,821 | 274 |
| Guinea | 100% | 9,755 | 1:1,216 | 169 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 8,899 | 1:632 | 120 |
| Malawi | 99% | 8,482 | 1:2,017 | 390 |
| Canada | 100% | 7,812 | 1:4,241 | 693 |
| France | 100% | 7,770 | 1:8,555 | 597 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 7,651 | 1:3,016 | 322 |
| Belgium | 100% | 6,917 | 1:1,661 | 381 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 6,011 | 1:16,230 | 2,192 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 5,842 | 1:5,212 | 601 |
| Australia | - | 5,798 | 1:2,356 | 418 |
| Namibia | - | 4,455 | 1:540 | 96 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4,260 | 1:1,256 | 231 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3,787 | 1:3,850 | 411 |
| Germany | 100% | 3,623 | 1:26,684 | 1,064 |
| Mali | 100% | 3,369 | 1:5,039 | 489 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 3,236 | 1:5,223 | 785 |
| Jamaica | - | 3,172 | 1:909 | 235 |
| India | 100% | 3,067 | 1:396,113 | 34,051 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2,479 | 1:744 | 170 |
| Egypt | 100% | 2,147 | 1:42,804 | 2,582 |
| Wales | 100% | 2,114 | 1:1,464 | 310 |
| New Zealand | - | 2,012 | 1:2,254 | 419 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,962 | 1:131,480 | 13,984 |
| Denmark | - | 1,621 | 1:3,485 | 472 |
| Sweden | 100% | 1,590 | 1:6,200 | 634 |
| Haiti | 100% | 1,566 | 1:6,850 | 861 |
| Malta | - | 1,460 | 1:294 | 56 |
| Congo | 100% | 1,338 | 1:3,744 | 593 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,250 | 1:1,748 | 311 |
| Singapore | 99% | 1,073 | 1:5,859 | 1,027 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,073 | 1:19,384 | 2,577 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,020 | 1:570 | 115 |
| Fiji | - | 1,007 | 1:886 | 187 |
| Thailand | 100% | 905 | 1:77,421 | 7,145 |
| Togo | - | 824 | 1:8,785 | 1,321 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 796 | 1:1,710 | 338 |
| Hong Kong | - | 751 | 1:10,323 | 954 |
| Gabon | 100% | 722 | 1:2,608 | 622 |
| Syria | - | 679 | 1:28,433 | 1,273 |
| Tonga | - | 679 | 1:158 | 36 |
| Iraq | 100% | 657 | 1:53,300 | 1,798 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 580 | 1:40,982 | 6,536 |
| Spain | 100% | 564 | 1:82,500 | 2,625 |
| Vanuatu | - | 557 | 1:470 | 104 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 528 | 1:337 | 25 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 525 | 1:58,691 | 6,867 |
| Dominica | - | 508 | 1:149 | 31 |
| Guam | - | 478 | 1:336 | 39 |
| Italy | 100% | 478 | 1:127,745 | 2,165 |
| Bangladesh | - | 458 | 1:348,169 | 14,530 |
| French Polynesia | - | 416 | 1:668 | 138 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 408 | 1:25,567 | 2,193 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 407 | 1:20,181 | 1,417 |
| Kuwait | - | 361 | 1:10,485 | 1,245 |
| Micronesia | - | 329 | 1:324 | 67 |
| China | - | 312 | 1:4,378,384 | 53,313 |
| Chad | 100% | 309 | 1:44,008 | 4,322 |
| Israel | 99% | 294 | 1:28,581 | 2,302 |
| Belize | 100% | 259 | 1:1,368 | 300 |
| Brazil | 100% | 256 | 1:836,860 | 23,235 |
| Morocco | - | 246 | 1:139,629 | 4,172 |
| Jordan | 99% | 237 | 1:37,244 | 1,387 |
| Poland | 83% | 236 | 1:161,132 | 3,078 |
| Brunei | 100% | 218 | 1:1,925 | 196 |
| Guyana | 100% | 200 | 1:3,816 | 726 |
| Norway | 100% | 188 | 1:27,300 | 1,451 |
| Swaziland | - | 179 | 1:7,264 | 1,100 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 175 | 1:1,110,615 | 18,808 |
| Oman | - | 170 | 1:24,169 | 1,866 |
| Qatar | 100% | 158 | 1:14,998 | 2,304 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 152 | 1:1,777 | 366 |
| Bahamas | - | 144 | 1:2,773 | 553 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 142 | 1:773 | 134 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 134 | 1:742 | 113 |
| Austria | 100% | 128 | 1:66,517 | 1,722 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 127 | 1:430 | 63 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 123 | 1:245,544 | 8,343 |
| Suriname | 100% | 115 | 1:4,807 | 1,027 |
| Mexico | 99% | 114 | 1:1,088,986 | 8,511 |
| Jersey | - | 108 | 1:926 | 206 |
| Greece | 100% | 107 | 1:102,192 | 2,724 |
| Seychelles | - | 97 | 1:955 | 234 |
| Japan | - | 95 | 1:1,347,222 | 16,904 |
| Grenada | 100% | 86 | 1:1,257 | 256 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 80 | 1:686 | 108 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 77 | 1:1,449 | 259 |
| Barbados | - | 73 | 1:3,970 | 670 |
| Palestine | 100% | 72 | 1:63,195 | 1,613 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 71 | 1:50,004 | 1,393 |
| Czechia | 100% | 67 | 1:159,047 | 1,419 |
| Portugal | - | 65 | 1:160,167 | 3,695 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 64 | 1:31,875 | 3,659 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Chile | 100% | 57 | 1:308,898 | 4,655 |
| Aruba | - | 54 | 1:1,922 | 390 |
| Panama | 100% | 53 | 1:73,709 | 4,144 |
| Finland | 100% | 51 | 1:107,513 | 2,467 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 51 | 1:1,005 | 114 |
| American Samoa | - | 49 | 1:1,140 | 146 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 49 | 1:1,735 | 147 |
| South Korea | - | 40 | 1:138,611 | 6,160 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 39 | 1:122,255 | 3,564 |
| Iceland | 100% | 37 | 1:9,892 | 909 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 36 | 1:1,703 | 393 |
| Bermuda | - | 34 | 1:1,907 | 425 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 34 | 1:1,021 | 229 |
| Peru | 100% | 31 | 1:1,025,531 | 13,565 |
| Macau | - | 30 | 1:20,274 | 368 |
| Guernsey | - | 26 | 1:2,436 | 374 |
| Honduras | 100% | 25 | 1:352,699 | 6,316 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Russia | 100% | 25 | 1:5,769,348 | 26,670 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 24 | 1:298,000 | 16,364 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:908 | 143 |
| Nauru | 100% | 17 | 1:702 | 85 |
| Gambia | - | 16 | 1:120,412 | 458 |
| Hungary | 97% | 15 | 1:652,785 | 2,218 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 14 | 1:947 | 149 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 14 | 1:2,232 | 502 |
| Gibraltar | - | 14 | 1:2,438 | 470 |
| Montserrat | - | 14 | 1:348 | 24 |
| Niger | 100% | 12 | 1:1,598,666 | 21,232 |
| Andorra | - | 9 | 1:9,210 | 586 |
| Colombia | - | 9 | 1:5,308,770 | 29,121 |
| Croatia | 100% | 9 | 1:468,564 | 5,419 |
| Luxembourg | - | 9 | 1:62,672 | 2,160 |
| Saint Martin | - | 9 | 1:3,972 | 74 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| Argentina | 100% | 8 | 1:5,346,655 | 13,183 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 8 | 1:663,758 | 2,742 |
| Algeria | - | 7 | 1:5,453,817 | 10,071 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 7 | 1:859,762 | 11,907 |
| Ecuador | - | 6 | 1:2,954,486 | 13,743 |
| Guatemala | - | 6 | 1:2,684,738 | 6,435 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Mauritius | - | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| El Salvador | - | 3 | 1:2,113,929 | 9,538 |
| Vietnam | - | 3 | 1:30,874,371 | 5,995 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 2 | 1:2,914 | 288 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Greenland | - | 1 | 1:56,371 | 1,395 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| San Marino | 100% | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Joséphine (10,325), Josèphine (364) & Josephiné (9) are calculated separately.
Josephine (30,111) may also be a surname.
Josephine Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. French f. diminutive of Joseph (q.v.) The Empress Josephine, who is responsible for the modern vogue of the name, was actually named Marie Josèphe Rose, Josephine being a pet- name. Josepha was occasionally used in the last century, when the popularity of Joseph was at its height.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A f. diminutive of Joseph; falling into decay. Cf. Josepha.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Italian (feminine) - Increasing.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Hebrew name, meaning: He addeth.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Josephine Forename Popularity
Josephine Demographics
Average Josephine Salary in
United States
$39,629 USD
Per year
Rank:
257,884 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0549043
Rank: 362 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
91.04%
Sample size: 114,212 (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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