Summary
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 Johnson. There are still other spellings. Johansson is an uncommon given name.
| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Germanic |
| Meaning | "son of Johan" |
| Region of origin | Sweden |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Johanson, Johansen, Johnson, Jones |
Geographical distribution edit
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:
- 1. Kalmar (1:21)
- 2. Kronoberg (1:21)
- 3. Halland (1:21)
- 4. Jönköping (1:25)
- 5. Västra Götaland (1:26)
- 6. Blekinge (1:29)
- 7. Östergötland (1:30)
- 8. Värmland (1:30)
- 9. Västerbotten (1:36)
- 10. Gotland (1:36)
- 11. Örebro (1:39)
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:802) in the following regions:[3]
- 1. Åland (1:51)
- 2. Southwest Finland (1:383)
- 3. Ostrobothnia (1:487)
- 4. Uusimaa (1:521)
People edit
- Anders Johansson, Swedish heavy metal drummer
- Annika Johansson, Swedish freestyle skier
- Ann-Sofie Johansson, Swedish fashion designer, former Head of Design for H&M
- Bernt Johansson, Swedish road bicycle racer, 1976 Olympic champion
- Bo Johansson, football (soccer) coach
- Calle Johansson, a retired professional ice hockey defenceman
- Carl Edvard Johansson, Swedish inventor (of the gauge block set)
- Elinore Johansson (born 1996), Swedish handball player
- Ejner Johansson (1922–2001), Danish art historian and documentary film director
- Emil Johansson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Fannie Gaston-Johansson, American professor of nursing
- Ingebrigt Johansson, Norwegian mathematician
- Inge Johansson, Swedish chess player
- Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer, heavyweight world champion
- Ivar Lo-Johansson, Swedish proletarian author
- Jan Johansson, jazz pianist
- Jens Johansson, heavy metal keyboardist
- Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
- Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic Composer
- Johan J. Johansson, American Medal of Honor recipient
- Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer
- Josef Johansson, Swedish pop singer and songwriter
- Karl Henrik Johansson, Swedish engineer
- Leif Johansson (businessman), Swedish Chairman of Ericsson
- Lena Johansson (born 1969), Swedish politician
- Lennart Johansson, Swedish sports official, former President of the European Football Federation
- Marcus Johansson, multiple people
- Martin Emanuel Johansson, Swedish chess master
- Martina Johansson, Swedish politician
- Mathilde Johansson, French female tennis player
- Nanna Johansson, Swedish cartoonist
- Olof Johansson, Swedish politician, former leader of Centerpartiet
- Ove Johansson, native Swede and American football placekicker
- Scarlett Johansson, American actress, singer and producer
- Stefan Johansson, Formula One driver
- Stefan Johansson (racewalker), Swedish race walker
- Thomas Johansson, Swedish former tennis player
- Victor Johansson, Swedish swimmer
- Viktoria Johansson, Swedish chess player
- Wiktoria Johansson, Swedish singer and songwriter
- Ylva Johansson, Swedish politician, European Commissioner for Home Affairs
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Allt fler tar ett nytt namn Archived 2011-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Efternamn
- ^ Johansson surname distribution
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