How common is the surname Johansson?

2,698 people in the United States had the surname Johansson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,435 Americans. It ranked 11,624th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Johansson?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Johansson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Johansson?

Scarlett Johansson, American actress (born 1984), followed by Ingemar Johansson.

Where is the surname Johansson most common?

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

Is the surname Johansson getting more or less common?

More common. 2,429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,698 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Johansson

A Swedish surname, carried by 2,698 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). Johansson is more common than 92.8% of them.

Origin

Swedish origin

From Swedish Johansson. Doublet of Johnson.

One of 133 Swedish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,698 people named Johansson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 114,435 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,429.

#11,624

rank among US surnames

2,698

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+11.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,810)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,620	Skiba	2,700	114,350
#11,622	Tindell	2,699	114,393
#11,624	Johansson	2,698	114,435
#11,626	Morlan	2,697	114,477
#11,627	Gaxiola	2,696	114,520
#11,631	Witten	2,695	114,562

Who is named Johansson

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

92% of people named Johansson identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.8% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Johanssons

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Scarlett Johansson
American actress (born 1984)
Ingemar Johansson
Athletics competitor (1924-2009)
Marko Johansson
Association football player, born 1998
Christian Johansson
Ballet dancer and teacher (1817–1903)
Douglas Johansson
Actor, born 1960

Notable Johanssons come mostly from Sweden (3), the United States (1) and the Russian Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Johansson

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

Other Swedish surnames

All 133 Swedish surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Johansson come from?: From Swedish Johansson. Doublet of Johnson.
How common is the surname Johansson?: 2,698 people in the United States had the surname Johansson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 114,435 Americans. It ranked 11,624th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Johansson?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Johansson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Johansson?: Scarlett Johansson, American actress (born 1984), followed by Ingemar Johansson.
Where is the surname Johansson most common?: Wikidata records people named Johansson in Sweden, the United States and the Russian Empire.
Is the surname Johansson getting more or less common?: More common. 2,429 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,698 in 2010, up 11%.