How common is the surname Joshi?

10,089 people in the United States had the surname Joshi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,602 Americans. It ranked 3,542nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Joshi?

Nalini Joshi, Australian mathematician.

Where is the surname Joshi most common?

Wikidata records people named Joshi in Australia.

Is the surname Joshi getting more or less common?

More common. 5,478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,089 in 2010, up 84%.

The surname Joshi

A Nepali surname, carried by 10,089 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Joshi is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

Nepali origin

Borrowed from Nepali जोशी (jośī), Gujarati જોશી (jośī), Marathi जोशी (jośī), and Hindi जोशी (jośī), meaning astrologer.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,089 people named Joshi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,602 Americans. That is up 84% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,478.

#3,542

rank among US surnames

10,089

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+84.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,781)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,533	Pfeifer	10,109	30,542
#3,534	Boudreau	10,103	30,560
#3,535	Mattox	10,099	30,572
#3,538	Box	10,098	30,575
#3,539	Montez	10,097	30,578
#3,540	Martens	10,096	30,581
#3,541	Son	10,094	30,587

Who is named Joshi

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

93% of people named Joshi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 3.3% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as two or more races.

Asian and Pacific Islander 93%
White (not Hispanic) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Famous Joshis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nalini Joshi
Australian mathematician, born 1958

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Zoshi
Zhoshi
Zosi

Surnames that sound like Joshi

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

Questions

Where does the surname Joshi come from?: Borrowed from Nepali जोशी (jośī), Gujarati જોશી (jośī), Marathi जोशी (jośī), and Hindi जोशी (jośī), meaning astrologer.
How common is the surname Joshi?: 10,089 people in the United States had the surname Joshi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,602 Americans. It ranked 3,542nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Joshi?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Joshi identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 3.3% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Joshi?: Nalini Joshi, Australian mathematician.
Where is the surname Joshi most common?: Wikidata records people named Joshi in Australia.
Is the surname Joshi getting more or less common?: More common. 5,478 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,089 in 2010, up 84%.
What are other spellings of Joshi?: Zoshi, Zhoshi and Zosi.