Josefson Surname

598,302nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 520 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Sweden

Josefson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Josefson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2571:1,410,34697,237
Sweden1921:51,2853,961
Canada171:2,167,388133,872
England161:3,482,379114,324
Norway81:642,78647,258
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Israel51:1,711,52784,568
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
France21:33,211,361423,184
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646

Josefson (10) may also be a first name.

Josefson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Josefson is borne by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Josefson? popularity and diffusion

The last name Josefson is the 598,302nd most commonly held last name in the world, held by around 1 in 14,014,511 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 53 percent of Josefson live; 53 percent live in North America and 52 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 3,684,242nd most commonly held first name in the world, borne by 10 people.

The last name Josefson is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 257 people, or 1 in 1,410,346. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: Illinois, where 19 percent reside, Minnesota, where 15 percent reside and New York, where 12 percent reside. Barring The United States this surname is found in 17 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 37 percent reside and Canada, where 3 percent reside.

Josefson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Josefson last name are 11.04% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.81% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Josefson earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 7.21% less than the national average, earning 321,115 kr per year; in United States they earn 36.32% more than the national average, earning $58,821 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.35% less than the national average, earning $42,058 CAD per year.

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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
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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Josefson
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