Popularity of the last name by country
New Zealand
- Auckland (6,690)
- Otago (5,161)
- Wellington (5,121)
- Canterbury (4,436)
- Manawatu Wanganui (1,654)
- Nelson (1,313)
- Taranaki (1,077)
- Waikato (877)
- West Coast (705)
- Marlborough (491)
- Gisborne (374)
- Northland (362)
- Bay of Plenty (328)
- Southland (218)
- Hawke's Bay (9)
- Tasman (6)
All countries
- United States (1,549,442)
- United Kingdom (1,179,240)
- Australia (55,398)
- Canada (34,132)
- New Zealand (30,053)
- Ireland (25,373)
- France (24,431)
- Sweden (24,271)
- Unknown country (19,896)
- Norway (15,209)
- Netherlands (5,549)
- Germany (5,524)
- Denmark (4,508)
- Italy (4,010)
- Switzerland (2,854)
- Mexico (2,545)
- Finland (2,327)
- Belgium (1,992)
- Colombia (1,606)
- Spain (1,514)
- India (1,298)
- Jamaica (1,219)
- China (975)
- Russian Federation (955)
- Paraguay (836)
- Argentina (702)
- Greece (589)
- South Africa (588)
- Peru (529)
- Poland (520)
- Cuba (511)
- Lebanon (486)
- Brazil (456)
- Austria (393)
- Turkey (390)
- Latvia (363)
- Korea, Republic of (353)
- Indonesia (338)
- Portugal (292)
- Egypt (277)
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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