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 Johnson. There are still other spellings. Johansson is an uncommon given name.

Johansson

Origin
Language(s)	Germanic
Meaning	"son of Johan"
Region of origin	Sweden
Other names
Variant form(s)	Johanson, Johansen, Johnson, Jones

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
• 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)
• Ejner Johansson (1922–2001), Danish art historian and documentary film director
• Elinore Johansson (born 1996), Swedish handball player
• Elsie Johansson (1931–2025), Swedish writer
• Emil Johansson (disambiguation), multiple people
• Fannie Gaston-Johansson, American professor of nursing
• Inge Johansson, Swedish chess player
• Ingebrigt Johansson, Norwegian mathematician
• 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
• Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic Composer
• 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, highest paid American actress, singer and producer
• Stefan Johansson, Formula One driver
• Stefan Johansson (racewalker), Swedish race walker
• Sven-Åke Johansson (1943–2025), Swedish drummer, composer, author and visual artist
• 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