Popularity of the last name by country
Australia
- Victoria (33,356)
- New South Wales (11,123)
- Queensland (4,321)
- South Australia (3,846)
- Tasmania (2,100)
- Western Australia (659)
- Northern Territory (13)
All countries
- United States (1,548,264)
- United Kingdom (1,178,007)
- Australia (55,516)
- Canada (34,379)
- New Zealand (30,051)
- Ireland (25,323)
- France (24,401)
- Sweden (24,175)
- Unknown country (19,896)
- Norway (15,161)
- Netherlands (5,550)
- Germany (5,518)
- Denmark (4,500)
- Italy (4,014)
- Switzerland (2,853)
- Mexico (2,546)
- Finland (2,319)
- Belgium (2,317)
- Colombia (1,612)
- Spain (1,515)
- India (1,303)
- Jamaica (1,232)
- China (975)
- Russian Federation (955)
- Paraguay (840)
- Argentina (707)
- South Africa (623)
- Greece (591)
- Peru (533)
- Poland (521)
- Cuba (519)
- Lebanon (487)
- Brazil (462)
- Turkey (394)
- Austria (393)
- Latvia (363)
- Korea, Republic of (353)
- Indonesia (339)
- Portugal (289)
- Egypt (279)
Origine of last name
JOHNSON : 1: English and Scottish: patronymic from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Johan Jo(h)n (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/John">John</a>) + -son. It was often interchanged with <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jenson">Jenson</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Janson">Janson</a>. In North America this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages e.g. Norwegian Danish or North German <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Johnsen">Johnsen</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Johannesen">Johannesen</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Johannsen">Johannsen</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Johansen">Johansen</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jansen">Jansen</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jantzen">Jantzen</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jensen">Jensen</a> Swedish Johnsson (see below) <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Johansson">Johansson</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jonsson">Jonsson</a> and <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jansson">Jansson</a> Dutch <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Janssen">Janssen</a> German <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Janz">Janz</a> Czech <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jansa">Jansa</a> 1 and Slovenian Janša (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Jansa">Jansa</a> 2) and Janežič (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Janezic">Janezic</a>). Johnson (including in the sense 2 below) is the second most frequent surname in the US. It is also the second most common surname among Native Americans and a very common surname among African Americans.2: Americanized form (and a less common Swedish variant) of Swedish Johnsson: patronymic from the personal name John a variant of Jon (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/John">John</a>). Compare 1 above.
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