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Johnson Name Meaning
English and Scottish: patronymic from the personal name
John. As an American family name, Johnson has absorbed
patronymics and many other derivatives of this name in continental
European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Johnson Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Johnson families
 10,280 - 20,558  3,427 - 10,279 |
 1 - 3,426  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Johnson families
|
8,588 - 17,173 2,863 - 8,587 |
1 - 2,862 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Johnson families
|
430 - 857 144 - 429 |
1 - 143 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Johnson census records
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Johnson Family Origin
Johnson Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Johnson
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Johnson Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Johnson census records
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