The Joas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 286 people carried this name — #68,770 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 262 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 60 people named Joas.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 13 départements, most often Guadeloupe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
107 people named Joas are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Joas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Joseph Joas 1807–1857 · artist
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Hans Joas 1948– · university teacher
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Manuel Joas 1952– · badminton player
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Marko Joas 1966–
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Pirmin Joas 1989– · general manager
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Lucia Joas 1991– · customs officer
Wikidata (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Joas.
- Joachin 414 · U.S. census
- Joan 224 · U.S. census
- Joannides 168 · U.S. census
- Joao 264 · U.S. census
- Joaquim 305 · U.S. census
- Joaquin 3,559 · U.S. census
- Job 2,470 · U.S. census
- Jobe 8,536 · U.S. census
- Jobin 861 · U.S. census
- Joblin 100 · U.S. census
- Jochem 434 · U.S. census
- Jochum 986 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Joas is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.