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Johnston

in Massachusetts

There are 1,949 people with the last name "Johnston" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Johnston 290
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  1. is 286th most common Clarke
  2. is 287th most common Woods
  3. is 288th most common Dias
  4. is 289th most common Costello
  5. is 290th most common Johnston
  6. is 291st most common Curtis
  7. is 292nd most common Fernandez
  8. is 293rd most common Mcnamara
  9. is 294th most common Reardon

Similar Names and Nicknames

Johnson, John, Johns, Johnsen, Johnstone, Johnny, Johnsrud, Johnnie, Johnsey, Johnso

Most Common First Names for Johnston

Robert, Richard, William, David, James, John, Patricia, Paul, Douglas, Scott

Meaning & History

Scottish:

  • 1. habitational name, deriving in most cases from the place so called in Annandale, in Dumfriesshire. This is derived from the genitive case of the personal name John + Middle English tone, toun ‘settlement’ (Old English tūn). There are other places in Scotland so called, including the city of Perth, which used to be known as St. John's Toun, and some of these may also be sources of the surname.
  • 2. variant of Johnson (see John), with intrusive -t-.

    • FOREBEARS As far as can be ascertained, most Scottish bearers of this surname are descendants of a certain John, probably a Norman baron from England, who held lands at Johnstone in Annandale from the Bruce family in the late 12th century. His son Gilbert was the first to take the surname Johnstone and their descendants later held the earldom of Annandale.

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