Josée Surname
Approximately 35 people bear this surname
Josée Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1:4,221,794 | 131,139 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Josee (527) & Joseé (1) are calculated separately.
Josée (20,172) may also be a first name.
Josée Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Josée Come From? nationality or country of origin
Josée occurs more in Canada more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Josee or Joseé. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Josée? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,323,005th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Josée live; 49 percent live in North America and 34 percent live in Gallo-North America. Josée is also the 37,552nd most prevalent given name globally It is held by 20,172 people.
The last name Josée is most commonly occurring in Canada, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 2,631,828. In Canada it is most common in: Quebec, where 86 percent reside, New Brunswick, where 7 percent reside and Ontario, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Canada it occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 11 percent reside and Belgium, where 9 percent reside.
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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 Josée
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