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.

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:

• 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[]

• 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
• 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
• 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
• Lennart Johansson, Swedish sports official, former President of the European Football Federation
• Martin Emanuel Johansson, Swedish chess master
• 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
• 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[]

• Johansen
• Johanson
• Johannsen

References[]

Surname list

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