de José Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
São Tomé and Príncipe

de José Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de José Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain141:3,339,43167,428
Belgium121:958,05473,966
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
England11:55,718,059489,080
São Tomé and Príncipe11:177,4233,686
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: de Jose (4,728) & de Jóse (1) are calculated separately.

de José Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de José Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de José occurs most in Spain. It can occur as a variant: de Jose or de Jóse. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de José? popularity and diffusion

de José is the 3,323,005th most frequent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. The surname de José is primarily found in Europe, where 77 percent of de José live; 40 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 40 percent live in Iberian Europe.

This surname is most commonly used in Spain, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 3,339,431. In Spain it is most numerous in: Catalonia, where 64 percent reside, Madrid, where 21 percent reside and Valencian Community, where 14 percent reside. Other than Spain it is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 34 percent reside and Brazil, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Jose954,728/
de Jóse901/
de Josa861/
de Josep8084/
de Cossé808/
des Jose801/
de Jousa801/
de Josse801/
de Josie801/
de Josez801/
de Joseph75728/
da Jose71355/
de Zosa71133/
de Zosi711/
de Jasi711/
de Jooseph711/
di Jose711/
de Zoysa6718,175/
de Giosa67883/
de Sossi67102/
de Cosse6718/
de Jasay679/
de Zousa676/
de Cossy674/
di Josie672/
de Coisy671/
de Cosey671/
de Jasce671/
de Yoshi671/
de Jozee671/
de Giose671/
de Zoisa671/
de Joger671/
de Jassi671/
de Jeuse671/
de Jorze671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de José
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