Last Name JOSEPH

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Meaning	The son of Joseph. Many of the modern directory Josephs are of Jewish extraction, thut there are also a fair number of Josephs who have a purely English descent. Increase, addition.

Origin	English, Hebrew, Jewish, Arabic, Dutch, Lithuanian, Irish, Lebanese, Haitian, Creole, Belgian, Zimbabwean, Nigerian, South african, Hungarian

Rank	356 (2000 US census)	384 (1990 US census)

Count	80,030 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

35.48%, or 28395 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
48.84%, or 39087 total occurrences, as black,
6.91%, or 5530 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.09%, or 872 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
5.31%, or 4250 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.37%, or 1897 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

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