Josep

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Joseph (Biblical figure)

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/xosep/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Josep is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country. In Laos it is the 2nd most common given name.

rarermore common
  • CZCzechia1 in 25as Josef(measured from records)
  • ESSpain1 in 103as Jose
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 207as Joseph

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Josep itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Brazil (measured from records)

5,164,752 named Jose, 2022

#46 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

8 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
688 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 25 (inferred from the name graph)

Czechia, as Josef

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

JosephLatin(measured from records)
โจเซฟThai(measured from records)
იოსებიGeorgian(measured from records)
ЙосефCyrillic(measured from records)
קוזהHebrew(measured from records)
조셉Hangul(measured from records)
ΚοσεGreek(measured from records)
ՅոզեֆArmenian(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Joseph in US United States, NG Nigeria, Jose in EC Ecuador, LA Laos, Josef in CZ Czechia and Joeseph in HN Honduras.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Joseph (Biblical figure)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Josep 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.

Where Josep is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
BR Brazil—5,164,752as Jose1 in 415.8MJosep44
US United States#121,600,667as Joseph1 in 2081.6MJoseph688
NG Nigeria#15≈1,000,000 est.≈1 in 207—Joseph177
EC Ecuador—590,465as Jose1 in 29590KJose68
ES Spain#92487,678as Jose1 in 103532KJosep226
CZ Czechia#9422,634as Josef1 in 25423KJosef184
HN Honduras—170,919as José1 in 54171KJoeseph15
CR Costa Rica—127,526as Jose1 in 40128K—21
LA Laos#2≈30,000 est.≈1 in 248—Jose25

5,164,752 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022, counting the spelling jose. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INEC — civil registry names; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); MVČR — living population register 2017; RNP — cumulative registry names; TSE — electoral roll (padrón) names. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Josep is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name16 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Germany, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Jósep, Josép

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Josèp, Jósep, Josép

  • Russian given name18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, United States, Poland, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Polish, Bulgarian

    Also written Йосеп, Иосеп, Хосеп, Josép, Jôsęp

  • Italian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Italy, United States

    Also written Jósep

  • Turkish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Spain, Türkiye, India, United Kingdom

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

    Also written Josép

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1700180019002000Junípero Serra, b. 1713Fernando Sor, b. 1778Josep Puig i Cadafalch, b. 1867Josep Iturbi Bàguena, b. 1895Josep Pla, b. 1897Josep Samitier, b. 1902Josep Maria Mauri, b. 1941Josep Borrell, b. 1947Josep Guardiola, b. 1971Josep Martínez, b. 1998

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)

InformalHola Josep,Hi Josep, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 42 sources across 20 countries.

Official registers attesting Josep
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—43K#87
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—40K#200
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20201.2K#11,176
EC EcuadorINEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024)—400—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022320—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—317#18,182
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2020275—
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—273#9,372
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—223#23,693
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2010206—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2000156—
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)199094—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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

What are other forms of the name Josep?
In the etymology graph, Jose, Joseph and Joe are forms of the same name in other languages.
What does the name Josep mean, and where does it come from?
Joseph (Biblical figure) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Josep?
A machine transcription gives /xosep/ (IPA) for Spanish.
Is Josep a male or female name?
Josep is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Josep have the most bearers?
In Brazil, the national register counted about 5.2 million people named Jose, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Josep most common?
No national register we hold counts the spelling Josep itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Czechia's: the national register counts about 1 in 25 people named Josef.
How common is the name Josep?
In Brazil, the national register counted 5,164,752 people named Jose in 2022, about 1 in 41 residents.
How common is Josep compared with other names?
In Laos, Josep is the 2nd most common given name of 27,499 given names recorded there.

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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, “Josep” — the 2nd most common given name in Laos. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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