The Joliet surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 140 people carried this name — #115,489 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,000,000 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 162 people named Joliet.

2 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Paris.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 2

Paris 37

Côte-d’Or 36

Allier 10

Rhône 8

Deux-Sèvres 8

Hautes-Alpes 6

Charente-Maritime 5

Cher 5

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 102 people named Joliet live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

East Flanders 46

Liège 46

Walloon Brabant 5

Hainaut 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

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