Johnston Family History
Johnston Name Meaning
habitational name, deriving in most cases from the
place so called in Annandale, in Dumfriesshire. This is derived from
the genitive case of the personal name John + Middle English
tone, toun ‘settlement’ (Old English
tun). There are other places in Scotland so called,
including the city of Perth, which used to be known as St. John’s
Toun, and some of these may also be sources of the surname.variant of Johnson (see John), with intrusive
-t-.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Johnston Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Johnston families
 1,197 - 2,391  400 - 1,196 |
 1 - 399  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Johnston families
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1,134 - 2,266 379 - 1,133 |
1 - 378 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Johnston families
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2,158 - 4,313 720 - 2,157 |
1 - 719 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Johnston Family Origin
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Johnston Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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