How Many People Have the Last Name Joshua?
people had the surname Joshua in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 86,957 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Tied with 4 others
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
Black
Change Since 2000
+551 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Joshua (57.2%) are non-Hispanic Black. The next largest group, 23%, are non-Hispanic White. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic Black, Joshua ranks #270. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic Black share fell from 60.4% to 57.2%, and the non-Hispanic Asian or Pacific Islander share rose from 4.9% to 8%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Joshua grew from 2,852 people in 2000 to 3,403 in 2010 (up 19.3%), and its rank rose from #10,344 to #9,552.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 2,852 | 3,403 |
| Rank | #10,344 | #9,552 |
| Per 100,000 people | 1.06 | 1.15 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Joshua
| Rank | Surname | People in 2010 |
|---|---|---|
| #9,552 | Garren | 3,403 |
| #9,552 | Heinemann | 3,403 |
| #9,552 | Hetherington | 3,403 |
| #9,552 | Stenson | 3,403 |
| #9,552 | Joshua | 3,403 |
| #9,557 | Braga | 3,402 |
| #9,557 | Echavarria | 3,402 |
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Joshua: J200
👤 Joshua as a First Name
Joshua is a first name too: about 1,196,609 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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