# Joslin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/joslin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,868 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,094 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 44,954 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.0% (6,803 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Josselyn |

## Etymology

English surname, borrowed through French from a Germanic name, from *Gauzelin, a diminutive of names formed from Gaut, from Proto-Germanic *gautaz (“Geat”). The name was also influenced by French Josse (see Joyce).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Joslin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Joslin in the United Kingdom and the United States.

## People named Joslin

- Samuel Joslin, British actor
- Margaret Joslin, American actress (1883-1956)

## Similar surnames

Joslyn, Jocelyn.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.