Popularity of the last name by country

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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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