How common is the surname Joslin?

6,868 people in the United States had the surname Joslin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,954 Americans. It ranked 5,094th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Joslin?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Joslin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Joslin?

Samuel Joslin, British actor, followed by Margaret Joslin.

Where is the surname Joslin most common?

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

Is the surname Joslin getting more or less common?

More common. 6,803 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,868 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Joslin

A surname, carried by 6,868 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Joslin is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

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).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,868 people named Joslin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 44,954 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,803.

#5,094

rank among US surnames

6,868

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #4,765)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,091	Gastelum	6,880	44,876
#5,092	Fannin	6,873	44,922
#5,093	Dugas	6,871	44,935
#5,094	Joslin	6,868	44,954

Who is named Joslin

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

91% of people named Joslin identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Joslins

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Samuel Joslin
British actor, born 2002
Margaret Joslin
American actress (1883-1956)

Notable Joslins come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Josselyn

Surnames that sound like Joslin

Joslyn

Joslin has the Soundex code J245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J245.

Questions

Where does the surname Joslin come from?: 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).
How common is the surname Joslin?: 6,868 people in the United States had the surname Joslin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 44,954 Americans. It ranked 5,094th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Joslin?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Joslin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Joslin?: Samuel Joslin, British actor, followed by Margaret Joslin.
Where is the surname Joslin most common?: Wikidata records people named Joslin in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Joslin getting more or less common?: More common. 6,803 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,868 in 2010, up 1.0%.
What are other spellings of Joslin?: Josselyn.