Josset
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʒɔsɛ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Josset is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 36K(inferred from the name graph)
- BEBelgium1 in 586K
- ARArgentina1 in 784K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 204 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 36K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,900 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Josset counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈1,900 est. | ≈1 in 36K | 256 | Josset | 204 |
| ES Spain | ≈62 est. | ≈1 in 808K | — | Josset | 3 |
| AR Argentina | 58 | 1 in 784K | 58 | — | — |
| US United States | ≈31 est. | ≈1 in 11M | listed | Josset | 44 |
| BE Belgium | 20 | 1 in 586K | 20 | Josset | 9 |
| CH Switzerland | 5 | 1 in 1.7M | 5 | Josset | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); the us-wru-surnames-voterfile register; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Pierre Jossetb. 1598FRFrench writer
- Raoul Jossetb. 1899FRFrench artist (1899–1957)
- René Jossetb. 1910FRFrench long-distance runner (1910-1979)
- Lawrence Jossetb. 1910English Graveur, illustrateur (1910–1995)
- Patrice Jossetb. 1950FRFrench physician
- Élisabeth Jossetb. 1956FRFrench politician
- Sylvie Jossetb. 1963FRFrench footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 14 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 345 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 325 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 325 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 319 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 295 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 270 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 256 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 251 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 229 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 181 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 150 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 58 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Josset?
- A machine transcription gives /ʒɔsɛ/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Josset have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.9 thousand people named Josset in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled josset.
- How common is the name Josset?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 58 people named Josset, about 1 in 784 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jossetThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Josset”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.