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B Johnson

in the US

There are 2,682 people with the name "B Johnson" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Johnson	2
B Johnson	789

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 785th most common Craig Smith
is 786th most common William Edwards
is 787th most common David Stewart
is 788th most common James Reynolds
is 789th most common B Johnson
is 790th most common James Peterson
is 791st most common William Cox
is 792nd most common Charles King
is 793rd most common Richard Wright

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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.