Johansson

Johansson is a patronymic family name of Swedish origin meaning "son of Johan", or "Johan's son". It is the most common Swedish family name, followed by Andersson.[1] (First 18 surnames ends -sson.[2]) The Danish, Norwegian, German and Dutch variant is Johansen, while the most common spelling in the US is Johanson. There are still other spellings. Johansson is an uncommon given name.

Johansson
Origin
Language(s)Germanic
Meaning"son of Johan"
Region of originSweden
Other names
Variant form(s)Johanson, Johansen, Johnson, Jones

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 91.2% of all known bearers of the surname Johansson were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:39), 2.5% of Finland (1:802), 1.5% of Norway (1:1,274), 1.4% of the United States (1:93,010) and 1.0% of Denmark (1:2,022).

In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:39) in the following counties:

In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:802) in the following regions:[3]

People
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See also

References
  1. Allt fler tar ett nytt namn Archived 2011-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Efternamn
  3. Johansson surname distribution
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