Surname Josef.

  • Surname Josef in modern Croatia

    In Croatia, Josef families are Croats (from Zagreb ). In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Zagreb.

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  • Prevalence

    Only a few people with faimily name Josef live in Croatia today, in two households only. There were 0 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number remains constant.
    They are located in one Croatian city only, in Zagreb (<5).

  • Outside Croatia


    Family name Josef (including: Joseph , Yosef , Yoseph , Yossef , Iosef , Joseff , Josseph , Josefh and Jossef ) is present in 193 countries worldwide. "Joseph " is used by some 400000 people in Tanzania , about 200000 in Haiti , and some 100000 people in the United States. "Joseff " is used by some 100 people in Bolivia , about 80 in the United States , and small number of people in the Philippines. "Joszef " is used by small number of people in the United States and small number in Romania.

  • Characteristic first names

    Željko Josef, Vladimir Josef, Ljubica Josef, Danica Josef, Želimir Josef

  • Last name Josef around the globe

    See the countries where surname Josef is common, frequency and prevalence at mondonomo.ai

  • Mentions in sources

    In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over five times, the first time 1924 in source Emigration Commission Zagreb.

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