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J Johnson

in the US

There are 5,404 people with the name "J Johnson" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US

Name	Rank
Johnson	2
J Johnson	172

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 168th most common David Thompson
is 169th most common Robert Allen
is 170th most common James Robinson
is 171st most common James King
is 172nd most common J Johnson
is 173rd most common Thomas Williams
is 174th most common Stephen Smith
is 175th most common Michael Thomas
is 176th most common William Anderson

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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.