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