Josephs is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Josephs
No. of characters: 7
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Josephs

How popular is Josephs?

Josephs is common in England.

Josephs is ranked 40524 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Josephs bearers increased by 8.835341 per cent in 2010 US census to 2168 since 2000, the surname slipped by 24 spots and ranked at 13926. The last name was found in around 7 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 61.07 66.77
Black 31.5 26.31
Hispanic or Latino 4.7 3.77
Others 1.85 1.96
Josephs is quite popular family name mostly used in South Africa while Jamaica is ahead in terms of density. Around 12061 people have been found who wears Josephs as their family name. Josephs is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
13,898 Nigeria10
9,568 Thailand8
11,290 Guyana3
359 Dominica3
32,086 Mexico3
415 Saint Kitts and Nevis2
17,037 Trinidad and Tobago2
5,217 Zambia2
2,823 Papua New Guinea2
8,995 Uganda2
2,361 United States Virgin Islands1
123,175 Tanzania1
38,841 Scotland1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
174,544 Czech Republic1
91,024 Belgium1
7,191 Afghanistan1
7,895 South Korea1
17,236 Ghana1
13,606 Senegal1
13,972 Sri Lanka1
32,942 Uzbekistan1
7,292 Vietnam1
47,891 Norway1
2,309 Monaco1
66,560 Philippines1
77,122 Sweden1
29,046 Japan1
153,416 Italy1
2,196 Liberia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
43,851 Netherlands44
2,214 Costa Rica37
319,538 India32
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
284 Cayman Islands22
1,056 The Bahamas21
299,005 Indonesia19
14,048 Ireland16
83,233 Spain16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
133,875 France61
Countries with hundreds of Josephs:
9,056 Kenya549
22,254 Germany471
8,244 Australia344
15,609 Canada238
2,099 Botswana188
4,358 New Zealand175
2,265 Panama147
Countries with thousands of Josephs:
1,772 South Africa3,726
11,850 United States3,008
272 Jamaica1,606
5,899 England1,205
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 20 years old immigrant Jacob Josephs who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on March 17, 1851 by Josephine put out from Liverpool. Immigrant H. Josephs, John Josephs, aged 22, are others that migrated to US.

Josephs Namesakes

  • Erland Josephson, Actor
  • Aksel Josephson, Jacob Axel Josephson's son
  • Jason Ananda Josephson, Author
  • Malena Josephsen, Soccer player
  • Babette Josephs, Politician
  • Brian Josephson, Physicist
  • Wilfred Josephs, Composer
  • Duane Josephson, Baseball player
  • Fanny Josephson, Actress
  • Folke Josephson, Author

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