Popularity of the last name by country
Canada
- Québec (267)
- Ontario (115)
- British Columbia (43)
- Manitoba (22)
- Saskatchewan (8)
- Nova Scotia (5)
- Alberta (4)
- Newfoundland and Labrador (2)
All countries
- France (529,174)
- United Kingdom (54,109)
- United States (16,075)
- Australia (3,665)
- New Zealand (2,844)
- Belgium (1,819)
- Ireland (1,482)
- Germany (1,231)
- Netherlands (882)
- Canada (620)
- Algeria (413)
- Unknown country (284)
- Switzerland (200)
- Italy (161)
- Austria (132)
- Jamaica (98)
- India (93)
- Argentina (76)
- Haiti (73)
- Spain (51)
- Morocco (49)
- Réunion (47)
- Guadeloupe (40)
- Indonesia (36)
- Mexico (35)
- Martinique (35)
- Turkey (34)
- South Africa (32)
- Luxembourg (29)
- Czech republic (28)
- Viet Nam (26)
- New Caledonia (22)
- Russian Federation (22)
- Greece (21)
- Poland (20)
- Tunisia (20)
- Colombia (19)
- Madagascar (18)
- China (17)
- Sweden (16)
Origine of last name
JOLLY : English Scottish and French: nickname for someone of a cheerful or attractive disposition from Middle English Old French jolif joli ‘cheerful lively pretty’. In North America this surname is also an altered form of the most common French variant <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Joly">Joly</a>.
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