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] [2] 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 drummerAnnika Johansson , Swedish freestyle skierAnn-Sofie Johansson , Swedish fashion designer, former Head of Design for H&MBernt Johansson , Swedish road bicycle racer, 1976 Olympic championBo Johansson , football (soccer) coachCalle Johansson , a retired professional ice hockey defencemanCarl Edvard Johansson , Swedish inventor (of the gauge block set )Elinore Johansson (born 1996), Swedish handball playerEjner Johansson (1922–2001), Danish art historian and documentary film directorEmil Johansson (disambiguation) , multiple peopleFannie Gaston-Johansson , American professor of nursingIngebrigt Johansson , Norwegian mathematicianInge Johansson , Swedish chess playerIngemar Johansson , Swedish boxer, heavyweight world championIvar Lo-Johansson , Swedish proletarian authorJan Johansson , jazz pianistJens Johansson , heavy metal keyboardistJoachim Johansson , Swedish tennis playerJóhann Jóhannsson , Icelandic ComposerJohan J. Johansson , American Medal of Honor recipientJonatan Johansson , Finnish footballerJosef Johansson , Swedish pop singer and songwriterKarl Henrik Johansson , Swedish engineerLeif Johansson (businessman) , Swedish Chairman of Ericsson Lena Johansson (born 1969), Swedish politicianLennart Johansson , Swedish sports official, former President of the European Football FederationMarcus Johansson , multiple peopleMartin Emanuel Johansson , Swedish chess masterMartina Johansson , Swedish politicianMathilde Johansson , French female tennis playerNanna Johansson , Swedish cartoonistOlof Johansson , Swedish politician, former leader of Centerpartiet Ove Johansson , native Swede and American football placekickerScarlett Johansson , American actress, singer and producerStefan Johansson , Formula One driverStefan Johansson (racewalker) , Swedish race walkerThomas Johansson , Swedish former tennis playerVictor Johansson , Swedish swimmerViktoria Johansson , Swedish chess playerWiktoria Johansson , Swedish singer and songwriterYlva Johansson , Swedish politician, European Commissioner for Home AffairsSee also
Surnames associated with the given name
John Celtic Germanic Romance East/West Slavic South Slavic Other
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