Josse Surname
Approximately 10,653 people bear this surname
Josse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 9,148 | 1:7,261 | 628 |
| Belgium | 637 | 1:18,048 | 2,755 |
| United States | 131 | 1:2,766,862 | 164,942 |
| Ecuador | 121 | 1:131,453 | 6,795 |
| Benin | 86 | 1:120,181 | 13,205 |
| New Caledonia | 47 | 1:5,877 | 1,249 |
| England | 44 | 1:1,266,320 | 57,817 |
| Germany | 38 | 1:2,118,565 | 113,742 |
| Canada | 33 | 1:1,116,533 | 81,834 |
| Poland | 30 | 1:1,266,958 | 80,461 |
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Indonesia | 25 | 1:5,289,968 | 246,176 |
| Zimbabwe | 22 | 1:701,738 | 50,656 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Nicaragua | 19 | 1:316,899 | 3,057 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Senegal | 15 | 1:971,956 | 3,098 |
| Tanzania | 13 | 1:4,072,432 | 52,852 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Brazil | 12 | 1:17,839,528 | 311,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Chile | 10 | 1:1,761,647 | 27,489 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Jersey | 8 | 1:12,400 | 2,398 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Spain | 5 | 1:9,350,407 | 109,555 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| French Polynesia | 4 | 1:70,201 | 4,444 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 3 | 1:36,792 | 4,502 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:51,882 | 3,898 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 25 | 1:2,008,747 | 100,426 |
The alternate forms: Jossé (14), Jossè (2) & Jòssé (1) are calculated separately.
Josse (2,456) may also be a first name.
Josse Demographics
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Josse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Josse is found in France more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms: Jossé, Jossè or Jòssé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Josse? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 48,415th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 684,084 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 93 percent of Josse reside; 92 percent reside in Western Europe and 91 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 149,252nd most frequent forename worldwide, borne by 2,456 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in France, where it is borne by 9,148 people, or 1 in 7,261. In France it is mostly concentrated in: Brittany, where 24 percent reside, Île-de-France, where 22 percent reside and Pays de la Loire, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account France it exists in 66 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 6 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Josse Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Josse has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 524 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 1,100 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Josse Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Josse last name are 32.64% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 79.41% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Josse earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 13.36% more than the national average, earning $48,914 USD per year and in Canada they earn 30.45% more than the national average, earning $64,810 CAD per year.
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Josse Reference & Research
Jowsey-Jossey DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.
Jowsey-Jossey FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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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 Josse
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