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{{Family name
| name = Johnson
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| pronunciation = ''John-son''
| meaning = derived from "son of John"
| region = England, Scotland
| origin = Anglo-Saxon
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| footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html |title=1990 Census Name Files}}</ref>
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The name '''Johnson''' is an [[English people|English]] and [[Scottish people|Scottish]] [[patronymic]] [[surname]] of [[Anglo-Saxon language]] origin. The name itself is a patronym of the [[given name]] ''[[John]]'', literally meaning "son of John." The name ''John'' derives from [[Latin]] ''[[Johannes]]'', which is derived through [[Greek language|Greek]] ''Iōannēs'', from [[Hebrew]] ''[[Yohanan]]'' meaning "Jehovah has favoured". The name was extremely popular in [[Europe]] since the [[Christian era]], as a result of it being given to [[St. John the Baptist]], [[St. John the Evangelist]] and nearly one thousand other [[Christian saints]].<ref name="ancestry1">{{cite web |url=http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact.aspx?&fid=10&fn=&ln=johnson Name meanings |title=Johnson name meanings |publisher=ancestry.com |accessdate=2007-10-22}}</ref>
==Description==
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The name ''Johnson'' has had many historical spelling variations such as: ''Jonessone'' 1287, 1296; ''Jonesone'' 1321; ''Johnson'', ''Johanson'', ''Jonson'' 1379; ''Geynson'' 1595; ''Jeynson'' 1667. <ref name="Reaney">{{cite book |last=Reaney |title=A Dictionary of English Surnames |page=256}}</ref>
In [[Ireland]], the surname can also be an [[Anglicisation]] of the [[Irish language|Gaelic]] ''Mac Seáin'' (MacShane). ''Seán'' is a [[Gaelicisation]] of the [[Norman-French]] ''[[Jean]]''.<ref name="ireland.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.ireland.com/ancestor/surname/index.cfm?fuseaction=Go.&UserID= |title=Surname search |accessdate=2007-10-22}}</ref> The MacShanes were a branch of the O'Neills of Tyrone.<ref name="ireland.com"/>
In [[North America]], the surname ''Johnson'' has absorbed many derivatives of this patronym from European languages.<ref name="ancestry1"/> It is the second most common family name in the [[United States]] after [[Smith (surname)|Smith]]. During the 1990 [[census]], approximately 0.81% of people counted had this family name.<ref>[[United States Census Bureau]] ([[9 May]] [[1995]]). [[s:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100)]]. Retrieved on [[25 February]] [[2008]].</ref>
== Notable people sharing the surname "Johnson" ==
{{main|People with the surname Johnson}}
== References ==
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== See also ==
* [[Jonson]]
* [[Jonsson]]
* [[Johansson]]
* [[Johnsson]]
* [[Johnston]]
* [[Jovanović]]
==External links==
* [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hjohnson/index.html Johnson Surname DNA Project]
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