San Jose Surname

15,051st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 36,992 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

San Jose Surname User-submission:

A name usually dedicated to a shrine or church dedicated to St. Joseph.

San Jose Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines23,9961:4,219334
Spain9,8501:4,746592
Saudi Arabia5961:51,7727,760
Argentina5081:84,1417,125
United States4151:873,39566,215
France3291:201,89331,384
Guatemala2371:67,8592,522
Australia1431:188,78118,817
Mexico1221:1,017,42813,258
Dominican Republic1161:89,9394,002
Canada1071:344,35131,229
Cuba1021:112,9683,192
Singapore641:86,0583,478
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Chile551:320,3009,085
Venezuela371:816,32613,210
Brazil301:7,135,811166,009
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Italy241:2,548,19595,018
England211:2,653,24194,788
Ecuador151:1,060,39014,974
Netherlands131:1,299,01473,030
Colombia111:4,343,09717,306
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Costa Rica81:597,5094,667
Thailand81:8,829,793476,604
Peru71:4,540,58934,489
Hong Kong61:1,222,5805,222
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
El Salvador51:1,268,7784,375
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Angola41:6,747,3046,999
Oman41:921,9937,313
Norway41:1,285,57269,185
Nicaragua41:1,505,2725,843
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Micronesia41:26,561731
Honduras41:2,204,1106,397
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Paraguay31:2,412,24913,111
New Zealand21:2,264,16249,210
China21:683,660,78330,601
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Bolivia21:5,308,21712,400
Puerto Rico21:1,775,0706,602
Uruguay11:3,431,75838,295
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Vanuatu11:263,2762,086
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Saint Barthelemy11:9,614134
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Macau11:601,6301,582
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Guam11:160,1214,893
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Brunei11:418,7313,893
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Austria11:8,515,435118,036

The alternate forms: San José (362) & San Josè (4) are calculated separately.

San Jose (180) may also be a first name.

San Jose Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

A name usually dedicated to a shrine or church dedicated to St. Joseph.

- tannewgin

San Jose Last Name Facts

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

San Jose is carried by more people in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: San José or San Josè. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name San Jose? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 15,051st most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 197,003 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 66 percent of San Jose live; 65 percent live in Southeast Asia and 64 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. San Jose is also the 679,247th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 180 people.

San Jose is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is carried by 23,996 people, or 1 in 4,219. In The Philippines San Jose is mostly found in: Calabarzon, where 38 percent reside, National Capital Region, where 20 percent reside and Central Luzon, where 20 percent reside. Beside The Philippines San Jose is found in 65 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 27 percent reside and Saudi Arabia, where 2 percent reside.

San Jose Last Name Statistics demography

The amount San Jose earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 45.84% less than the national average, earning 187,449 kr per year; in Colombia they earn 3.57% less than the national average, earning $21,891,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 52.5% more than the national average, earning $65,804 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.72% less than the national average, earning $41,375 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
San José96362/
San Josè964/
San Juose941/
San Jos93351/
San-Jose889,580/
San Josa881/
San Josi881/
San-José752/
San Cois751/
San-Khose716/
San Souci5966/

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