The JOSEF surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	298	62775	0	1
United States (1880 census)	26	66618	0	1
Change since 1880	+272	+3843	+N/A	0
Other Countries
Australia	11	79429	0	1
United Kingdom	0			0

Top States for JOSEF by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New York	53	32094	0.000	3
California	45	44538	0.000	1
Florida	28	49590	0.000	2
New Jersey	19	48753	0.000	2
Virginia	18	27181	0.000	3
Top States for JOSEF by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New Hampshire	17	8759	0.001	14
Connecticut	13	33211	0.000	4
New York	53	32094	0.000	3
Virginia	18	27181	0.000	3
New Jersey	19	48753	0.000	2

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called JOSEF live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called JOSEF represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called JOSEF in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a JOSEF by picking someone at random in New Hampshire than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of JOSEF

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Czech Republic

Language of origin: Czech

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the JOSEF surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of JOSEF in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Caucasian)	181	60.74
Asian/Pacific	86	28.86
Black/African American	14	4.7
Mixed Race	13	4.36
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant
White (Hispanic)	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the JOSEF surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to JOSEF

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as JOSEF.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.