How common is the surname Joslyn?

2,581 people in the United States had the surname Joslyn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,622 Americans. It ranked 12,079th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Joslyn?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Joslyn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Joslyn?

Matilda Joslyn Gage, American writer, Native American civil rights activist, abolitionist, freethinker, followed by Allyn Joslyn.

Where is the surname Joslyn most common?

Wikidata records people named Joslyn in the United States.

Is the surname Joslyn getting more or less common?

More common. 2,532 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,581 in 2010, up 1.9%.

Is Joslyn also a first name?

Yes. Joslyn 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 Joslyn

A surname, carried by 2,581 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex J245 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). Joslyn is more common than 92.6% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,581 people named Joslyn in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 119,622 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,532.

#12,079

rank among US surnames

2,581

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,416)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,072	Horrocks	2,583	119,530
#12,079	Pullin	2,581	119,622
#12,082	Fujimoto	2,580	119,669
#12,083	Marple	2,579	119,715

Who is named Joslyn

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

91% of people named Joslyn identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
Two or more races 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Joslyns

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Matilda Joslyn Gage
American writer, Native American civil rights activist, abolitionist, freethinker, 1826–1898
Allyn Joslyn
Actor (1901–1981)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Joslyn

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

Questions

How common is the surname Joslyn?: 2,581 people in the United States had the surname Joslyn in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 119,622 Americans. It ranked 12,079th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Joslyn?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Joslyn identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Joslyn?: Matilda Joslyn Gage, American writer, Native American civil rights activist, abolitionist, freethinker, followed by Allyn Joslyn.
Where is the surname Joslyn most common?: Wikidata records people named Joslyn in the United States.
Is the surname Joslyn getting more or less common?: More common. 2,532 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,581 in 2010, up 1.9%.
Is Joslyn also a first name?: Yes. Joslyn 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.