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Johnston

in Tennessee

There are 2,365 people with the last name "Johnston" in Tennessee.

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Ranking in Tennessee

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Johnston 281
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  1. is 277th most common Woodard
  2. is 278th most common Hodges
  3. is 279th most common Maxwell
  4. is 280th most common Kirby
  5. is 281st most common Johnston
  6. is 282nd most common Blankenship
  7. is 283rd most common Rodriguez
  8. is 284th most common Pearson
  9. is 285th most common Steele

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Johnston

James, Robert, William, John, Charles, David, Michael, Mary, Joseph, Thomas

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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