How common is the last name Joseph?

108,935 people in the United States have the last name Joseph, about 1 in 2,744. It ranks #283 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

JOSEPH

#283

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
108,935
About
1 in 2,744
This common or more
26%
Who bears it

Of the 108,935 people with the last name Joseph, 55.5% reported their origin as Black, 24.3% as White and 12.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Joseph

#281 Reid · 109,275#282 Rojas · 109,184#284 Gilbert · 108,832#285 Espinoza · 108,031

Also a first name

As a first name, Joseph ranks #10 of 53,615, with 1,600,667 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1956, with 32,832 births. See Joseph as a first name

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