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

The Jose surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,697 people carried this name — #3,348 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 27,500 people counted. That is up 45% from 7,389 in 2000.

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In Argentina’s national register

At least 3,951 people named Jose 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 Buenos Aires Province.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 1,322
Salta 499
Tucumán 337
Santa Fe 278
Mendoza 216
Chaco 200
City of Buenos Aires 180
Córdoba 164

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 277 people named Jose.

95 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 95
Haut-Rhin 25
Cantal 24
Seine-et-Marne 22
Paris 17
Marne 8
Finistère 8
Pyrénées-Orientales 8
Bas-Rhin 7

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

230 people named Jose live in Switzerland.

They live in 16 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 60
Geneva 25
Vaud 17
St. Gallen 16
Aargau 15
Neuchâtel 13
Basel-Landschaft 13
Bern 13

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 Belgium’s population register

At least 59 people named Jose 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 Liège.

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

Where they live today

Liège 33
Flemish Brabant 11
Antwerp 8
Brussels-Capital 7

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

In the Nordic population registers

63 people named Jose is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 63

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).

In print

Jose in American newspapers,
1814–1922.

Newspaper page from El Pelayo carrying the name Jose
El Pelayo 1851-11-09
Newspaper page from The New Hampshire Gazette carrying the name Jose
The New Hampshire Gazette 1814-05-10
Newspaper page from Le Messager carrying the name Jose
Le Messager 1922-01-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 854,481 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Jose,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Horatio Nelson Jose
    Horatio Nelson Jose 1819–1892 · businessperson
  • Richard Jose
    Richard Jose 1862–1941 · singer
  • Horrie Jose
    Horrie Jose 1893–1966 · Australian rules football player
  • Gilbert Jose
    Gilbert Jose 1898–1942 · military physician
  • Manuel Jose Berastegui d. 1818 · priest
  • Margarete Lippmann 1872–1943

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Jose.

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