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 .
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
Anders Johansson , Swedish heavy metal drummer
Anna Agnér (1896–1977), born as Anna Naemi Gabriella Johansson , Swedish painter
Anita Johansson , Swedish figure skater
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
Surnames associated with the given name
John Celtic Germanic Romance East/West Slavic South Slavic Other
References