How common is the surname Johanson?

5,061 people in the United States had the surname Johanson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,005 Americans. It ranked 6,674th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Johanson?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Johanson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Johanson?

Donald Johanson, American anthropologist.

Where is the surname Johanson most common?

Wikidata records people named Johanson in the United States.

Is the surname Johanson getting more or less common?

More common. 5,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,061 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Johanson

A surname, carried by 5,061 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex J525

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Johanson is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

From Johan + -son.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,061 people named Johanson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,005 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,028.

#6,674

rank among US surnames

5,061

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #6,254)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,671	Yen	5,066	60,945
#6,672	Toner	5,065	60,957
#6,673	Bierman	5,064	60,969
#6,674	Johanson	5,061	61,005
#6,676	Fall	5,060	61,017
#6,678	Fermin	5,057	61,053

Who is named Johanson

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Johanson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Johansons

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Donald Johanson
American anthropologist, born 1943

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Johanson

Johanson has the Soundex code J525, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code J525.

Questions

Where does the surname Johanson come from?: From Johan + -son.
How common is the surname Johanson?: 5,061 people in the United States had the surname Johanson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,005 Americans. It ranked 6,674th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Johanson?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Johanson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Johanson?: Donald Johanson, American anthropologist.
Where is the surname Johanson most common?: Wikidata records people named Johanson in the United States.
Is the surname Johanson getting more or less common?: More common. 5,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,061 in 2010, up 0.7%.