Joly is used as a family name or surname in France. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Joly
No. of characters: 4
Origin: France
Meaning:

Joly is variation of Joll. A nicked form of Jolland.

The is a variation of Jolly. One who was agreeable or pleasant.

One who was agreeable or pleasant.

The variation of the Jolly. The same as Joliffe - Old English jolif, French joli, which Cotgrave defines as "jollie, gay, trim, fine, gallant, neat, handsome, well-fashioned also livelie, merrie, buxome, jocund."

How popular is Joly?

Joly is common in France, Bangladesh, Canada, United States, Belgium, Haiti, Switzerland, Brazil, Egypt, Italy, Mauritius, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, England, Colombia, Germany, Spain, India, Panama.

Joly is ranked 6718 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Jolys grew by 9.89 per cent to 1434 since 2000 and ranked 19004 after elevating 228 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 79.29 85.67
Black 15.13 9.58
Hispanic or Latino 2.58 2.15
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.53 0
Others 1.05 1.84
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.42 0
Joly is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in France which signifies its France provenence. Around 84250 people have been found who wears Joly as their family name. Joly is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Joly:
50 France56,607
Countries with thousands of Joly:
1,334 Bangladesh8,832
794 Canada6,762
15,395 United States2,424
596 Belgium2,239
645 Haiti1,998
Countries with hundreds of Joly:
1,753 Switzerland768
12,821 Brazil642
12,069 Egypt580
18,482 Italy553
597 Mauritius399
22,036 Morocco273
22,057 Saudi Arabia199
22,402 England191
5,487 Colombia181
39,926 Germany179
18,543 Spain150
136,722 India134
1,725 Panama134
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
365 New Caledonia99
57,152 DR Congo89
39,330 Argentina79
856 French Polynesia74
164,273 Thailand64
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
9,331 Kuwait48
39,430 Netherlands48
45,385 Australia41
12,515 Venezuela40
142,531 Nigeria31
2,355 Madagascar25
14,824 Dominican Republic23
4,722 Luxembourg23
54,976 Malaysia23
25,281 Ivory Coast22
10,207 Ireland16
311,782 Russia16
36,578 Mexico15
143 Monaco15
23,687 United Arab Emirates15
5,530 China13
17,291 Scotland13
28,985 Peru11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
73,605 Sweden10
460,137 Indonesia9
72,658 Pakistan9
94,851 Papua New Guinea9
4,774 Hong Kong8
177,858 South Africa7
55,549 Norway6
55,922 Qatar6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

13 years old farmer August Joly who was residing in France migrated to USA on April 20, 1854 by Agen & Heinrich put out from Bremen. Constant Joly (11 months old), Francois Joly (28) Farmer, 60 years old Jn.Bapt. Joly, Marie Joly (28) Farmer, Farmer Nicolas Joly, 35 years old Francois Joly, Governess Camille Joly, Antoine Joly, aged 17, and 20 other Joly around 39.29% of whom were farmer while others worked as merchant and laborer, musician, miner, servant migrated to US.

Joly Namesakes

  • Robert de Joly, famous French caver and speleologist
  • John Joly, Irish physicist and professor of geology at the University of Dublin famous for his development of radiotherapy
  • Dom Joly, English television comedian and journalist
  • Maurice Joly, French publicist and lawyer
  • Eva Joly, Norwegian-born French 'juge d'instruction' and politician for Europe Écologie–The Greens
  • Sébastien Joly, former French professional road racing cyclist
  • Greg Joly, Canadian retired former professional ice hockey player

Joly Namesakes

  • Robert de Joly, famous French caver and speleologist
  • John Joly, Irish physicist and professor of geology at the University of Dublin famous for his development of radiotherapy
  • Dom Joly, English television comedian and journalist
  • Maurice Joly, French publicist and lawyer
  • Eva Joly, Norwegian-born French 'juge d'instruction' and politician for Europe Écologie–The Greens
  • Sébastien Joly, former French professional road racing cyclist
  • Greg Joly, Canadian retired former professional ice hockey player

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