Johnson
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This article is about the surname. For other uses, see Johnson (disambiguation).
| Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Family name | |
| Meaning | "son of John" |
| Region of origin | Swedish, Scotland, Ireland, Scandinavia |
| Language(s) of origin | English |
| Related names | Di Giovanni, Hovanessian, Ioannou, Ivanenko, Ivanov, Ivanović, Ivanovski, Jānsons, Janavičius, Jonavičius, Janowicz, Jansen, Jansons/Jansone, Janssen, Jensen, Johansson, Johnston, Johnstone, Jonson, Jonsson, Johnsson, Jones, Jovanović, MacIain, Mac Seáin, McKeown, McLachlan,(disambiguation) |
| Footnotes: [1][2] | |
Johnson is a surname of Swedish origin. The name itself is a patronym of the given name John, literally meaning "son of John". The name John derives from Latin Johannes, which is derived through Greek Ἰωάννης Iōannēs from Hebrew יוחנן Yohanan, meaning "Yahweh has favoured". The name has been extremely popular in Europe since the Christian era as a result of it being given to St John the Baptist, St John the Evangelist and nearly one thousand other Christian saints.[3] Johnson is the ninth most common surname in Sweden/Scandinavia,[1] second most common in the United States[1][4] and 154th most common in the world.[1]
See also[edit]
- List of people with surname Johnson
- Johnson, Ontario, Canada
- Gjoni (Gjonaj)
- Ioannou
- Jensen
- Johansson
- Johnsson
- Johnston
- Johnstone
- Jones
- Jonson
- Jonsson
- Jovanović
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Johnson Surname at Forebears.co.uk
- ^ "1990 US Census 1990 Name Files".
- ^ Name meanings "Johnson name meanings" Check
|url=scheme (help). ancestry.com. Retrieved 2007-10-22. - ^ Wikisource:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100)
