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The johnson Surname

johnson Name Meaning and History

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.)

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of johnson Families in the US in 1920

Number of johnson families

10280-20558

3427-10279

1-3426

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Thread	Author	Replies
JOHNSON John W 1886 1975 together forever	t42GreenAcres_JohnsonCoTX	0
Eleanor Marinelli Johnson, age 88, born,Erie county,pa,daughter of ,Michael and Vincenza Fracassi Marinelli.	KENNELLYMARKA	0
Johnsons of England - Warwickshire, Nottingham, London	sbramley11	12
JOHNSON Joyce M 1930 1995 beloved wife and mother	t42OldAlton_DentonCoTX	0
MITCHELSTOWN, CO. CORK JOHNSON'S- HENRY ALCOCK JOHNSON	Cameron Bryant	2
Anson Johnson of Marsellus, NY d.1865	Michael H. Johnson	1
JOHNSON Della Maud 1896 1974 together forever	t42GreenAcres_JohnsonCoTX	0
JOHNSON LaDell mother, Denton Co., Texas	t42OldAlton_DentonCoTX	0
Ira Johnson 1455 - 1500 Stamford England	freddyj78	0
JOHNSON F M 1918 1985 father, Denton Co., Texas	t42OldAlton_DentonCoTX	0

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