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Is Josef a Male or Female Name?

Josef is a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Josef globally is 99.1% males and 0.9% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Austria with 99.8% and the country with the highest female ratio is Egypt with 6.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Josef in percentages: Globally: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, Czechia: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, Germany: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, Austria: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, United States: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, Iran: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, Switzerland: 99.8% males, 0.2% females, Italy: 99.0% males, 1.0% females, Sweden: 99.3% males, 0.7% females, United Kingdom: 99.4% males, 0.6% females, Algeria: 98.6% males, 1.4% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Josef are 65+ years old, making up 47.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Josef in each age group: 18-24: 1.9%, 25-34: 5.8%, 35-44: 7.7%, 45-54: 14.4%, 55-64: 22.8%, 65+: 47.5%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Josef is Czechia with 0.8507% of the population. Following is Austria and Malta.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Josef measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Josef year over year: 1956: 0.0837‰, 1957: 0.0804‰, 1958: 0.0722‰, 1959: 0.0676‰, 1960: 0.0655‰, 1961: 0.0616‰, 1962: 0.0544‰, 1963: 0.0575‰, 1964: 0.0494‰, 1965: 0.0506‰, 1966: 0.0458‰, 1967: 0.0421‰, 1968: 0.0383‰, 1969: 0.038‰, 1970: 0.0375‰, 1971: 0.0366‰, 1972: 0.0324‰, 1973: 0.0364‰, 1974: 0.0325‰, 1975: 0.029‰, 1976: 0.0292‰, 1977: 0.0273‰, 1978: 0.0277‰, 1979: 0.024‰, 1980: 0.0216‰, 1981: 0.0202‰, 1982: 0.0183‰, 1983: 0.0188‰, 1984: 0.0178‰, 1985: 0.0159‰, 1986: 0.0145‰, 1987: 0.0143‰, 1988: 0.0129‰, 1989: 0.0124‰, 1990: 0.013‰, 1991: 0.0148‰, 1992: 0.0145‰, 1993: 0.0114‰, 1994: 0.0107‰, 1995: 0.0099‰, 1996: 0.0084‰, 1997: 0.0048‰, 1998: 0.0036‰, 1999: 0.0043‰, 2000: 0.0038‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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