# Johansson (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/johansson/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Swedish.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Swedish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,698 |
| US rank (2010) | 11,624 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 114,435 people |
| Change since 2000 | +11% (2,429 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Swedish Johansson. Doublet of Johnson.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Johansson in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Johansson in Sweden, the United States and the Russian Empire.

## People named Johansson

- Scarlett Johansson, American actress (born 1984)
- Ingemar Johansson, athletics competitor (1924-2009)
- Marko Johansson, association football player
- Christian Johansson, ballet dancer and teacher (1817–1903)
- Douglas Johansson, actor

## Similar surnames

Johansen, Johanson, Johannsen, Johnson, Janssen, Johnsen, Jonson, Jansson, Janssens, Jenkins, Jensen, Jamison.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.