How common is the surname Josey?

4,131 people in the United States had the surname Josey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,739 Americans. It ranked 8,006th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Josey getting more or less common?

More common. 3,883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,131 in 2010, up 6.4%.

Is Josey also a first name?

Yes. Josey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Josey

A surname, carried by 4,131 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Josey is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,131 people named Josey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,739 Americans. That is up 6.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,883.

#8,006

rank among US surnames

4,131

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+6.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,909)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,002	Derose	4,135	74,666
#8,003	Karns	4,133	74,703
#8,005	Arcos	4,132	74,721
#8,006	Adelman	4,131	74,739
#8,010	Yousif	4,130	74,757
#8,013	Seeger	4,129	74,775

Who is named Josey

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

55% of people named Josey identified as white (not Hispanic), 40% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 55%
Black (not Hispanic) 40%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Josey

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

Questions

How common is the surname Josey?: 4,131 people in the United States had the surname Josey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,739 Americans. It ranked 8,006th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Josey?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Josey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 40% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Josey getting more or less common?: More common. 3,883 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,131 in 2010, up 6.4%.
Is Josey also a first name?: Yes. Josey is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.