Johnson 311346 217822240 2008-06-07T21:06:27Z Iridescent 937705 Reverted 1 edit by [[Special:Contributions/66.214.189.77|66.214.189.77]]. {{other|Johnson (disambiguation)}} {{Family name | name = Johnson |image= |imagesize= |caption= | pronunciation = ''John-son'' | meaning = derived from "son of John" | region = England, Scotland | origin = Anglo-Saxon | related names = | footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html |title=1990 Census Name Files}}</ref> }} 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== {{TOCright}} 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 == <references/> == See also == * [[Jonson]] * [[Jonsson]] * [[Johansson]] * [[Johnsson]] * [[Johnston]] * [[Jovanović]] ==External links== * [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hjohnson/index.html Johnson Surname DNA Project] {{surname|nocat}} [[Category:English surnames]] [[Category:Scottish surnames]] [[de:Johnson]] [[es:Johnson]] [[fr:Johnson]] [[it:Johnson]] [[he:ג'ונסון]] [[lv:Džonsons]] [[nl:Johnson]] [[ja:ジョンソン]] [[no:Johnsen]] [[pl:Johnson]] [[ru:Джонсон]] [[fi:Johnson]] [[tr:Johnson]] [[vo:Johnson]] [[zh:詹森]]