The surname Joyce
A patronymic surname, carried by 34,132 people in the United States.
Pronounced /d͡ʒɔɪs/ 1 syllable Soundex J200 Also a first name
Origin
Medieval (Middle English) given name from Old French Josse, name of a seventh century saint Latinized as Iodocus, from Breton Iodoc, diminutive of iudh (“lord”), from Proto-Celtic *yowdos.
Joyce is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 34,132 people named Joyce in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 9,046 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 33,843.
Who is named Joyce
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Joyce identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 88%
- Black (not Hispanic) 7.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Famous Joyces
20 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Alice JoyceAmerican actress (1890-1955)
- Brenda JoyceAmerican film actress (1917–2009)
- William JoyceAmerican children's writer (born 1957)
- Barnaby JoyceAustralian politician, 17th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, born 1967
- Kara Lynn JoyceAmerican swimmer, Olympic silver medalist, world champion, born 1985
- Colin JoyceAmerican bicycle racer, born 1994
- Phallon Tullis-JoyceAmerican soccer player, born 1996
- Rebecca JoyceAustralian rower, born 1970
- Elaine JoyceAmerican actress (born 1945)
- Peggy Hopkins JoyceAmerican actress, model and dancer (1893–1957)
- Kevin JoyceAmerican basketball player (born 1951)
- David JoyceAmerican politician, born 1957
Notable Joyces come mostly from the United States (15), Australia (3) and the United Kingdom (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Choyce
Joyce 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 Joyce come from?
- Medieval (Middle English) given name from Old French Josse, name of a seventh century saint Latinized as Iodocus, from Breton Iodoc, diminutive of iudh (“lord”), from Proto-Celtic *yowdos.
- How common is the surname Joyce?
- 34,132 people in the United States had the surname Joyce in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 9,046 Americans. It ranked 1,022nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Joyce?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Joyce identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Joyce?
- Alice Joyce, American actress (1890-1955), followed by Brenda Joyce.
- Where is the surname Joyce most common?
- Wikidata records people named Joyce in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom and 1 other country.
- How do you pronounce Joyce?
- Joyce is /d͡ʒɔɪs/, one syllable.
- What type of surname is Joyce?
- Joyce is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Joyce getting more or less common?
- More common. 33,843 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 34,132 in 2010, up 0.9%.
- What are other spellings of Joyce?
- Choyce.
- Is Joyce also a first name?
- Yes. Joyce 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.