How Many People Have the Last Name Joseph?
people had the surname Joseph in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 2,921 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Black
Change Since 2000
+20,929 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Joseph (54.2%) are non-Hispanic Black. The next largest group, 29.6%, are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic Black, Joseph ranks #4. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 35.5% to 29.6%, and the non-Hispanic Black share rose from 48.8% to 54.2%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Joseph grew from 80,030 people in 2000 to 100,959 in 2010 (up 26.2%), and its rank rose from #356 to #313.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 80,030 | 100,959 |
| Rank | #356 | #313 |
| Per 100,000 people | 29.67 | 34.23 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Joseph
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Joseph: J210
👤 Joseph as a First Name
Joseph is a first name too: about 1,681,563 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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