Johansson is a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

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of Swedish origin meaning ''"son of Johan"'', or ''"Johan's son"''. It is the most common Swedish family name, followed by Andersson. (First 18 surnames ends -sson.Efternamn
/ref>) The Danish, Norwegian,

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and Dutch variant is Johansen, while the most common spelling in the US is

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. There are still other spellings. Johansson is an uncommon

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 91.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Johansson'' were residents of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

(frequency 1:39), 2.5% of

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

(1:802), 1.5% of

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

(1:1,274), 1.4% of the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

(1:93,010) and 1.0% of

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

(1:2,022). In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:39) in the following counties: * 1.

Kalmar Kalmar (, , ) is a city in the southeast of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 41,388 inhabitants in 2020 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of ...

(1:21) * 2. Kronoberg (1:21) * 3.

Halland Halland () is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap''), on the western coast of Götaland, southern Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Småland, Skåne, Scania and the sea of Kattegat. Until 1645 and the Second Treaty of Br ...

(1:21) * 4.

Jönköping Jönköping (, ) is a Urban areas in Sweden, city in southern Sweden with 112,766 inhabitants (2022). Jönköping is situated on the southern shore of Sweden's second largest lake, Vättern, in the province of Småland. The city is the seat o ...

(1:25) * 5. Västra Götaland (1:26) * 6.

Blekinge Blekinge () is one of the traditional Swedish provinces (), situated in the southern coast of the geographic region of Götaland, in southern Sweden. It borders Småland, Scania and the Baltic Sea. It is the country's second-smallest provin ...

(1:29) * 7.

Östergötland Östergötland (; English exonym: East Gothland) is one of the traditional provinces of Sweden (''landskap'' in Swedish) in the south of Sweden. It borders Småland, Västergötland, Närke, Södermanland and the Baltic Sea. In older English li ...

(1:30) * 8.

Värmland Värmland () is a ''Provinces of Sweden, landskap'' (historical province) in west-central Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland, and Närke, and is bounded by Norway in the west. Name Several Latinized version ...

(1:30) * 9.

Västerbotten Västerbotten (), sometimes called West Bothnia or Westrobothnia, is a province (''landskap'') in northern Sweden, located by the Gulf of Bothnia. It borders the provinces of Ångermanland, Lapland and Norrbotten. The region is famous for Väs ...

(1:36) * 10.

Gotland Gotland (; ; ''Gutland'' in Gutnish), also historically spelled Gottland or Gothland (), is Sweden's largest island. It is also a Provinces of Sweden, province/Counties of Sweden, county (Swedish län), Municipalities of Sweden, municipality, a ...

(1:36) * 11.

Örebro Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...

(1:39) In

, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:802) in the following regions:Johansson surname distribution
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Åland Åland ( , ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland. Receiving its autonomy by a 1920 decision of the League of Nations, it is the smallest region of Finland by both area () and population (30,54 ...

(1:51) * 2.

Southwest Finland Southwest Finland (, ; ) is a Regions of Finland, region ('','' ) of Finland. It borders the regions of Satakunta, Pirkanmaa, Tavastia Proper, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Uusimaa, and Åland. The regional capital and most populous city is Tu ...

(1:383) * 3. Ostrobothnia (1:487) * 4.

Uusimaa Uusimaa (; , ; both lit. 'new land') is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Southwest Finland, Tavastia Proper (Kanta-Häme), Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme), and Kymenlaakso. Finland's capital and largest city, Helsinki, alo ...

(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 Bernt Harry Johansson (born 18 April 1953) is a Swedish former road bicycle racer, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1981. His sporting career began with Mariestadcyklisten. A competitor at the 1972 Summer Olympics, he represented his na ...

, Swedish road bicycle racer, 1976 Olympic champion *

Bo Johansson Bo "Bosse" Johansson (born 28 November 1942) is a Swedish former football player and former football coach. Career Johansson was a player for fourteen years with Kalmar FF and Lindsdals IF, though he did not win any trophies as a player. In 1 ...

, 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 Ingebrigt Johansson. Ingebrigt Johansson (24 October 1904 – 24 April 1987) was a Norwegian mathematician. He developed the symbolic logic system known as minimal logic. Biography Johansson was bornin Narvik, the son of bricklayer Isak Jo ...

, Norwegian mathematician *

Ingemar Johansson Jens Ingemar "Ingo" Johansson (; 22 September 1932 – 30 January 2009) was a Swedish professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1963. He held the world heavyweight title from 1959 to 1960, and was the fifth heavyweight champion born outside ...

, Swedish boxer, heavyweight world champion * Ivar Lo-Johansson, Swedish proletarian author * Jan Johansson, jazz pianist *

Jens Johansson Jens Ola Johansson (born 2 November 1963 in Stockholm) is a Swedish keyboardist and pianist. Jens got famous in the early 80's when he and his brother Anders (drums) joined Yngwie Malmsteen's "Rising Force". Jens is the son of the Swedish Jazz ...

, heavy metal keyboardist *

Joachim Johansson Joachim Johansson (born 1 July 1982) is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden. He reached the semifinals of the 2004 US Open, won 3 singles titles and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 9 in February 2005. Backg ...

, Swedish tennis player * Johan J. Johansson, American Medal of Honor recipient *

Jóhann Jóhannsson Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson (; 19 September 1969 – 9 February 2018) was an Icelandic composer who wrote music for a wide array of media including theatre, dance, television, and film. His work is stylised by its blending of traditional orchest ...

, 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 (), commonly known as Ericsson (), is a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. Ericsson has been a major contributor to the development of the telecommunications industry and is one ...

* Lena Johansson (born 1969), Swedish politician *

Lennart Johansson Nils Lennart Johansson (5 November 1929 – 4 June 2019) was a Swedish sports official who served as the fifth and, to date, longest-serving president of UEFA, the Union of European Football Associations. He served in the position from his elec ...

, 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 Scarlett Ingrid Johansson (; born November 22, 1984) is an American actress and singer. The List of highest-paid film actors, world's highest-paid actress in 2018 and 2019, she has been featured multiple times on the Forbes Celebrity 100, ''F ...

, highest paid American actress, singer and producer *

Stefan Johansson Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson (born 8 September 1956) is a Swedish former racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One between and . In endurance racing (motorsport), endurance racing, Johansson won the 24 Hours of Le Mans ...

Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of worldwide racing for open-wheel single-seater formula Auto racing, racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The FIA Formula One World Championship has been one ...

driver * Stefan Johansson (racewalker), Swedish race walker * Sven-Åke Johansson (1943–2025), Swedish drummer, composer, author and visual artist *

Thomas Johansson Karl Thomas Conny Johansson (; born 24 March 1975) is a Swedish former professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 7 singles ranking in May 2002. His career highlights in si ...

, Swedish former tennis player * Victor Johansson, Swedish swimmer * Viktoria Johansson, Swedish chess player *

Wiktoria Johansson Wiktoria Vendela Johansson (born 8 November 1996), known mononymously as Wiktoria, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She first achieved public attention during Melodifestivalen 2016, where she placed fourth. Life and career Johansson was bor ...

, Swedish singer and songwriter *

Ylva Johansson Ylva Julia Margareta Johansson (born 13 February 1964) is a Swedish politician who served as European Commissioner for Home Affairs and Sweden's European Commissioner in the von der Leyen Commission from 1 December 2019 to 30 November 2024. Jo ...

, Swedish politician, European Commissioner for Home Affairs

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