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A Johnson

in the US

There are 3,226 people with the name "A Johnson" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Johnson	2
A Johnson	545

is 1st most common Smith
is 2nd most common Johnson
is 3rd most common Williams
is 4th most common Brown
is 5th most common Jones
is 6th most common Miller
is 7th most common Davis
is 8th most common Anderson
is 9th most common Wilson

is 541st most common Robert Wood
is 542nd most common Brenda Smith
is 543rd most common Carlos Hernandez
is 544th most common James Bennett
is 545th most common A Johnson
is 546th most common John Kennedy
is 547th most common David Campbell
is 548th most common Maria Gutierrez
is 549th most common Carlos Gonzalez

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Meaning & History

Johnson

English and Scottish: patronymic from the personal name John. As an American family name, Johnson has absorbed patronymics and many other derivatives of this name in continental European languages. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.)

FOREBEARS Johnson is the second most frequent surname in the U.S. It was brought independently to North America by many different bearers from the 17th and 18th centuries onward. Andrew Johnson (1808– 75), 17th president of the U.S., was born in Raleigh, NC, the younger son of Jacob Johnson and Mary (or Polly) McDonough.Little is known of his ancestors. The 36th president, Lyndon B. Johnson, dates his American forebears back seven generations to James Johnston (sic) (b. about 1662) who lived at Currowaugh, Nansemond, and Isle of Wight Counties, VA. Noted early bearers also include Marmaduke (d. 1674), a printer who came from England to MA in 1660; Edward (1598–1672), a colonial chronicler who was baptized at St.George's parish, Canterbury, England, and emigrated to Boston in 1630; and Sir Nathaniel (c. 1645–1713), a colonial governor of Carolina, who came from County Durham, England.