as a Last Name
- 148,312
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Johnston
Meaning & Origins
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-.
| 196th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 148,312
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Virgin Island
- has the most people named Johnston per capita
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