Joly surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Joly surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,305 people carried this name — #19,232 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 208,300 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 19,160 people named Joly.

249 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 101 départements, most often Pas-de-Calais.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 249
Pas-de-Calais 1,913
Paris 1,597
Nord 1,097
Saône-et-Loire 792
Seine-Maritime 629
Somme 584
Vosges 571
Rhône 528

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 1,112 people named Joly 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 Hainaut.

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Where they live today

Hainaut 589
Flemish Brabant 110
Walloon Brabant 88
Brussels-Capital 87
Antwerp 73
Namur 63
Liège 55
Luxembourg Province 29

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

549 people named Joly live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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Where they live today

Vaud 207
Geneva 95
Neuchâtel 90
Bern 36
Valais 33
Jura 31
Fribourg 26
Zurich 25

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Joly in American newspapers,
1870–1952.

Newspaper page from The Charleston Daily News carrying the name Joly
The Charleston Daily News 1870-07-26
Newspaper page from Zgoda : Wydania Dla Niewiast carrying the name Joly
Zgoda : Wydania Dla Niewiast 1900-09-27
Newspaper page from The Sun And The New York Herald carrying the name Joly
The Sun And The New York Herald 1920-07-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,661,288 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Joly,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Claude Joly
    Claude Joly 1610–1678 · bishop
  • Bénigne Joly
    Bénigne Joly 1644–1694 · writer
  • Hugues-Adrien Joly
    Hugues-Adrien Joly 1718–1800 · library curator
  • Étienne de Joly
    Étienne de Joly 1756–1837 · lawyer
  • Marie-Élisabeth Joly
    Marie-Élisabeth Joly 1761–1798 · actor

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 205 lives in all are documented under this name.

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