The Joule surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 127 people carried this name — #133,048 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 124 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Joule surname
A variant of Jewell.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Joule» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 61 people named Joule.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Ariège.
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.
Who carried it
People named Joule,
with a public archive behind them.
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James Prescott Joule 1818–1889 · physicist -
Reggie Joule 1952– · politician -
Benjamin Joule 1784–1858
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John Joule 1937– · chemist
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Robert-Vincent Joule 1948–
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Joule.
- Joseph 100,959 · U.S. census
- Joslin 6,868 · U.S. census
- Josserand 202 · U.S. census
- Jost 4,104 · U.S. census
- Josue 595 · U.S. census
- Joubert 3,428 · U.S. census
- Jourdain 912 · U.S. census
- Jourdan 2,612 · U.S. census
- Jourden 242 · U.S. census
- Journet 407 · U.S. census
- Jovanovic 1,521 · U.S. census
- Jove 366 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Joule is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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