The JOSEPHS surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	1,992	13902	0.001	7
United States (1880 census)	365	12316	0.001	7
Change since 1880	+1627	-1586	0	0
Other Countries
Australia	172	8645	0.001	11
United Kingdom	503	8826	0.001	11

Top States for JOSEPHS by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New York	357	5053	0.002	19
Florida	267	6843	0.002	17
New Jersey	140	6530	0.002	17
Pennsylvania	131	10640	0.001	11
California	125	17905	0.000	4
Top States for JOSEPHS by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
Minnesota	122	5511	0.002	25
Rhode Island	21	6951	0.002	20
Connecticut	67	6397	0.002	20
New York	357	5053	0.002	19
Wisconsin	92	8786	0.002	17

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

Classification and Origin of JOSEPHS

Language of origin: Hebrew

Religious origin: Jewish

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the JOSEPHS 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 JOSEPHS in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
Black/African American	524	26.31
White (Hispanic)	75	3.77
Mixed Race	39	1.96
White (Caucasian)	1,330	66.77
Asian/Pacific	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

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

Similar names to JOSEPHS

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as JOSEPHS.

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.