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johns Name Meaning and History

  1. English and German: patronymic from John. As a German name it may also be a reduced form of Johannes.
  2. Americanized form of Swiss German Schantz.

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Distribution of johns Families in the US in 1920
Number of johns families
 437-872
 146-436
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