The Joliat surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 125 people carried this name — #134,712 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 8% from 116 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
424 people named Joliat live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Jura.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 64 people named Joliat.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Territoire de Belfort.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 22 people named Joliat live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Joliat.
- John 33,543 · U.S. census
- Johner 241 · U.S. census
- Johnson 1,932,812 · U.S. census
- Johnston 131,373 · U.S. census
- Joint 332 · U.S. census
- Jolet 174 · U.S. census
- Jolibois 171 · U.S. census
- Jolicoeur 1,359 · U.S. census
- Jolie 352 · U.S. census
- Joliet 153 · U.S. census
- Jolin 1,405 · U.S. census
- Jolivet 390 · U.S. census
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