Jozef

given name · Latin script

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

Jozef 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. In Slovak, recorded as a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph.

rarermore common
  • PLPoland1 in 204(measured from records)
  • CZCzechia1 in 25as Josef
  • ESSpain1 in 103as Jose

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 Jozef 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 204 (inferred from the name graph)

Poland

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, Josep in BR Brazil, ES Spain, Jose in EC Ecuador, LA Laos and Josef in CZ Czechia.

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, son of Jacob (Biblical character)

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

How Jozef is read(measured from records)

Jozef is one spelling over 4 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Slovak36%

    a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • English21%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Jozef in English.

  • Polish16%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Jozef in Polish.

  • Dutch6.0%

    Joseph, son of Jacob (Biblical character)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Jozef 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 Jozef 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
PL Poland#22188,0071 in 204196KJózef123
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; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); 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)

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

  • English given name12 spellings in the group

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

    Languages: English, Dutch, German

    Also written Józef, Jožef, Jozéf, Jòzef, Jozèf

  • Danish given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Belgium, United States

    Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic

    Also written Józef, Jožef, Jòzef, Joźêf

  • a separate name8 spellings in the group

    Also written Jozèf, Józef, Jözef, J́ózef, Jôzef

  • Turkish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Belgium, Netherlands, United States

    Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

    Also written Józef, Jožef, Jőżęf

  • Hindi given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Belgium, United Kingdom, India

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Józef, Jožef, Jôzef, Jözêf, Jóżef

61 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)

16001700180019002000Joseph Addison, b. 1672Pavel Jozef Šafárik, b. 1795Jozef Israëls, b. 1824Pater Damiaan, b. 1840Jozef Tiso, b. 1887Jozef Gabčík, b. 1912Paul Crutzen, b. 1933Huub Stevens, b. 1953Bart Somers, b. 1964Armin van Buuren, b. 1976
  • Joseph Addisonb. 1672GBEnglish essayist, poet, playwright and politician (1672–1719)
  • Pavel Jozef Šafárikb. 1795SKSlovak poet, linguist, literature historian, publicist, educator, publicist, translator, writer and science writer (1795–1861)
  • Jozef Israëlsb. 1824NLDutch painter (1824-1911)
  • Pater Damiaanb. 1840BEnot in their usual name19th century Belgian Roman Catholic priest and saint (1840–1889)
  • Jozef Tisob. 1887HUSlovak politician, priest and president of the Slovak Republic from 1939 to 1945
  • Jozef Gabčíkb. 1912SKCzechoslovak soldier (1912–1942)
  • Paul Crutzenb. 1933NLnot in their usual nameDutch climatologist (1933–2021)
  • Huub Stevensb. 1953NLnot in their usual nameDutch association football player and manager
  • Bart Somersb. 1964BEnot in their usual nameBelgian, Flemish politician; mayor of Mechelen
  • Armin van Buurenb. 1976NLnot in their usual nameDutch DJ and record producer (born 1976)

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 62 sources across 32 countries.

Official registers attesting Jozef
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—17K#151
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—8.5K#171
CZ CzechiaKdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end)—8.5K#171
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20203.8K#4,800
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)2026327#922
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—297#935
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—123#13,393
ES SpainINE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—122#6,252
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202220—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202517—
CR Costa RicaTSE — electoral roll (padrón) names—9#9,324
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20208#4,800

Reference works 6

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 Jozef?
In the etymology graph, Jose, Joseph and Joe are forms of the same name in other languages; Joost, JoOp and Joep are recorded short or pet forms.
How common is the name Jozef?
In Poland, the national register counted 188,007 people named Jozef in 2026, about 1 in 204 residents.
How common is Jozef compared with other names?
In Laos, Jozef is the 2nd most common given name of 27,499 given names recorded there.
Where does the name Jozef come from?
Joseph, son of Jacob (Biblical character) Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Jozef a male or female name?
Jozef 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.
What does the name Jozef mean?
In Slovak, a male given name, equivalent to English Joseph
In which country does Jozef 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 Jozef most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Jozef is densest in Poland — about 1 in 204 people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

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

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