How common is the surname Joos?

1,243 people in the United States had the surname Joos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. It ranked 21,119th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Joos?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Joos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Joos getting more or less common?

More common. 1,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,243 in 2010, up 5.1%.

The surname Joos

A Dutch surname, carried by 1,243 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex J200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Joos is more common than 87% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

Borrowed from Dutch Joos.

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,243 people named Joos in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. That is up 5.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,183.

#21,119

rank among US surnames

1,243

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.1%

change since 2000 (was #20,763)

Who is named Joos

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Joos identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Joos

Joos has the Soundex code J200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J200.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Joos come from?: Borrowed from Dutch Joos.
How common is the surname Joos?: 1,243 people in the United States had the surname Joos in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 248,387 Americans. It ranked 21,119th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Joos?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Joos identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Joos getting more or less common?: More common. 1,183 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,243 in 2010, up 5.1%.