Jozef is a male name, in Croatia principally Croatian, but also Albanian, Slovak and Czech. It is one of the relatively common names (among the top two thousand) in Croatia, with over two hundred namesakes living there.
The relative popularity of names Jozef in Croatia
The name Jozef was the most popular from years 1925 to 1936. The peak year was 1926. It was the least popular from years 1943 to 1953.
Prevalence
Name Jozef is present mainly in North-West Croatia, and scarcely in Central Croatia. Most of the persons named Jozef live in the following cities and municipalities: Zagreb (about thirty), Rijeka (less than twenty), Pula (less than ten).
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over fifty times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.