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.
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.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 91.2% of all known bearers of the surname Johansson were residents of Sweden, 2.5% of Finland, 1.5% of Norway, 1.4% of the United States and 1.0% of Denmark.
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following counties:
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following regions: