Popularity of the last name by country

Algeria

• Alger (954)
• Oran (469)
• Guelma (236)
• Constantine (216)
• Annaba (99)
• Blida (89)
• Mostaganem (78)
• Souk Ahras (78)
• Médéa (69)
• Tlemcen (57)
• Mascara (54)
• Tiaret (49)
• Tébessa (48)
• El Tarf (45)
• Tipaza (34)
• Sidi Bel Abbes (33)
• Sétif (31)
• Skikda (30)
• Aïn Témouchent (26)
• Batna (20)
• Chlef (7)
• Mila (7)
• Béjaïa (5)
• Boumerdès (5)
• Jijel (4)
• Saida (4)
• Aïn Defla (3)
• Adrar (3)
• Djelfa (3)
• El-Bayadh (3)
• Biskra (2)
• Oum El-Bouaghi (2)
• Relizane (2)
• Tindouf (2)
• Tizi Ouzou (2)
• Bouira (1)
• Khenchela (1)
• Laghouat (1)
• Naâma (1)
• Ouargla (1)

All countries

• France (1,533,323)
• Belgium (32,518)
• Canada (31,796)
• Switzerland (8,161)
• Algeria (2,975)
• United States (1,641)
• United Kingdom (1,562)
• Germany (1,558)
• Netherlands (932)
• Italy (669)
• Martinique (640)
• Spain (497)
• Austria (390)
• Unknown country (372)
• Réunion (310)
• Ireland (262)
• Tunisia (192)
• Viet Nam (191)
• Morocco (182)
• Turkey (172)
• Mauritius (161)
• Guadeloupe (152)
• New Caledonia (146)
• Russian Federation (138)
• Brazil (120)
• Haiti (114)
• French Guiana (104)
• Madagascar (102)
• Luxembourg (98)
• Greece (65)
• India (61)
• Argentina (59)
• Australia (53)
• Poland (48)
• New Zealand (46)
• Denmark (45)
• Portugal (43)
• Chile (40)
• Serbia (37)
• Sweden (35)

Origine of last name

JOLY : 1: French: nickname for someone of a cheerful or attractive disposition from Old French joli(f) ‘cheerful lively pretty’. Compare <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jolie">Jolie</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jolly">Jolly</a>.2: English (Channel Islands mainly Jersey): variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jolly">Jolly</a> a cognate of 1 above.