Johnson Forename
2,193rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 462,827 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia
Johnson Forename Definition:
A Modern usage name, meaning: Surname of president, United States of America.
Johnson Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 168,626 | 1:1,053 | 174 |
| Uganda | 99% | 55,534 | 1:738 | 131 |
| India | 100% | 34,098 | 1:35,629 | 4,946 |
| Kenya | 100% | 26,726 | 1:1,733 | 328 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 23,477 | 1:2,249 | 431 |
| Ghana | 99% | 19,159 | 1:1,409 | 269 |
| United States | 100% | 14,477 | 1:25,042 | 1,877 |
| Liberia | 98% | 10,307 | 1:428 | 86 |
| Philippines | 99% | 9,645 | 1:10,991 | 1,448 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 9,639 | 1:2,242 | 436 |
| Haiti | 100% | 9,437 | 1:1,137 | 178 |
| South Africa | 100% | 9,099 | 1:5,993 | 1,127 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 8,520 | 1:1,810 | 334 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 7,558 | 1:3,126 | 704 |
| Sudan | 100% | 6,544 | 1:5,777 | 892 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 6,115 | 1:1,333 | 157 |
| Rwanda | - | 6,043 | 1:1,882 | 412 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 4,882 | 1:2,366 | 378 |
| Zambia | - | 2,257 | 1:7,025 | 877 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 2,219 | 1:33,271 | 2,403 |
| Togo | - | 2,060 | 1:3,514 | 580 |
| China | - | 1,872 | 1:729,731 | 30,365 |
| England | 100% | 1,732 | 1:32,103 | 1,763 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,503 | 1:142,539 | 7,079 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 1,451 | 1:20,985 | 2,106 |
| Chile | 56% | 1,318 | 1:13,359 | 892 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,276 | 1:25,967 | 2,171 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,166 | 1:26,426 | 3,414 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,041 | 1:558 | 113 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Indonesia | - | 1,018 | 1:253,402 | 23,096 |
| Malawi | 100% | 952 | 1:17,975 | 1,665 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 930 | 1:22,365 | 2,897 |
| Ecuador | - | 871 | 1:20,352 | 1,170 |
| Botswana | 100% | 812 | 1:2,690 | 475 |
| Oman | - | 555 | 1:7,403 | 948 |
| Pakistan | 85% | 508 | 1:382,594 | 9,927 |
| Colombia | 100% | 485 | 1:98,513 | 3,243 |
| Australia | - | 483 | 1:28,277 | 1,736 |
| Hong Kong | - | 411 | 1:18,863 | 2,061 |
| Namibia | - | 411 | 1:5,850 | 827 |
| Singapore | 100% | 410 | 1:15,334 | 3,129 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 383 | 1:27,236 | 2,290 |
| Poland | 80% | 377 | 1:100,868 | 2,190 |
| Bangladesh | - | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Egypt | 100% | 282 | 1:325,890 | 10,093 |
| Benin | 100% | 275 | 1:38,458 | 3,287 |
| Vanuatu | - | 265 | 1:988 | 288 |
| Peru | 100% | 247 | 1:128,710 | 4,105 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 234 | 1:129,068 | 5,412 |
| Kuwait | - | 209 | 1:18,111 | 1,954 |
| Fiji | - | 201 | 1:4,440 | 1,122 |
| Taiwan | 59% | 178 | 1:133,538 | 14,111 |
| Bahamas | - | 174 | 1:2,295 | 483 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 174 | 1:7,824 | 1,232 |
| New Zealand | - | 169 | 1:26,840 | 1,861 |
| Dominica | - | 167 | 1:452 | 105 |
| Congo | 83% | 160 | 1:31,308 | 2,777 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 155 | 1:1,147 | 182 |
| Mauritius | - | 145 | 1:8,950 | 1,190 |
| France | 100% | 118 | 1:563,308 | 5,749 |
| Bahrain | - | 104 | 1:12,968 | 2,016 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 97 | 1:49,154 | 2,200 |
| Iraq | 100% | 92 | 1:380,629 | 4,844 |
| Ivory Coast | 93% | 92 | 1:250,825 | 11,657 |
| Thailand | 100% | 91 | 1:769,954 | 31,294 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 80 | 1:211,276 | 7,784 |
| Spain | 100% | 73 | 1:637,397 | 7,138 |
| Qatar | 100% | 72 | 1:32,911 | 4,385 |
| Germany | 100% | 53 | 1:1,824,111 | 11,035 |
| Ireland | 93% | 49 | 1:94,766 | 2,403 |
| Angola | 100% | 49 | 1:550,339 | 1,990 |
| Guyana | 100% | 49 | 1:15,577 | 2,074 |
| Grenada | 100% | 45 | 1:2,403 | 485 |
| Marshall Islands | 97% | 45 | 1:1,138 | 138 |
| Micronesia | - | 44 | 1:2,420 | 335 |
| Scotland | 100% | 42 | 1:127,390 | 2,729 |
| Jamaica | - | 41 | 1:70,323 | 3,476 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 41 | 1:146,789 | 4,309 |
| Sweden | 100% | 31 | 1:317,997 | 9,503 |
| Russia | 91% | 27 | 1:5,341,989 | 25,443 |
| Brunei | - | 26 | 1:16,137 | 987 |
| South Korea | - | 25 | 1:221,777 | 8,097 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 25 | 1:286,080 | 16,329 |
| Argentina | 50% | 23 | 1:1,859,706 | 7,227 |
| Vietnam | - | 23 | 1:4,027,092 | 3,486 |
| Italy | 94% | 22 | 1:2,775,550 | 17,247 |
| Nauru | 100% | 22 | 1:542 | 64 |
| Panama | 100% | 22 | 1:177,571 | 7,149 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 22 | 1:155,802 | 3,267 |
| Barbados | - | 21 | 1:13,799 | 1,255 |
| Norway | 100% | 21 | 1:244,397 | 5,727 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 21 | 1:391,119 | 6,896 |
| Wales | 100% | 20 | 1:154,715 | 3,118 |
| Mexico | 100% | 18 | 1:6,896,913 | 24,317 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 18 | 1:6,097 | 946 |
| Belgium | 100% | 17 | 1:675,885 | 9,645 |
| Austria | 100% | 16 | 1:532,138 | 4,883 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 15 | 1:6,626 | 1,171 |
| Honduras | 100% | 15 | 1:587,831 | 8,292 |
| Japan | - | 14 | 1:9,141,861 | 33,787 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 14 | 1:145,714 | 11,276 |
| Macau | - | 13 | 1:46,785 | 540 |
| Afghanistan | 100% | 11 | 1:2,965,774 | 21,963 |
| Bolivia | - | 10 | 1:1,060,140 | 3,387 |
| El Salvador | - | 10 | 1:634,179 | 5,114 |
| Israel | 100% | 10 | 1:840,292 | 12,787 |
| American Samoa | - | 9 | 1:6,205 | 1,322 |
| Denmark | - | 9 | 1:627,722 | 8,968 |
| Finland | 65% | 9 | 1:609,243 | 6,562 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Mozambique | - | 9 | 1:3,027,040 | 2,336 |
| Senegal | 100% | 9 | 1:1,620,151 | 12,107 |
| Swaziland | - | 9 | 1:144,464 | 1,815 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 7 | 1:507,186 | 3,923 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 6 | 1:10,216 | 1,399 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 6 | 1:937,928 | 8,462 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 6 | 1:18,597 | 2,290 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| Greece | 100% | 5 | 1:2,186,910 | 11,382 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Burkina Faso | 67% | 3 | 1:6,126,490 | 60,119 |
| Czechia | 100% | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Guinea | - | 3 | 1:3,952,882 | 6,312 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Monaco | 100% | 3 | 1:12,822 | 1,634 |
| Montserrat | - | 3 | 1:1,625 | 276 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Niger | 100% | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Belarus | - | 2 | 1:4,741,192 | 16,466 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 2 | 1:8,873,422 | 35,327 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 2 | 1:27,430 | 2,159 |
| Ukraine | - | 2 | 1:22,749,954 | 22,291 |
| Yemen | - | 2 | 1:13,148,376 | 10,677 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Burundi | 100% | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Chad | 100% | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | - | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Palestine | 100% | 1 | 1:4,550,058 | 5,739 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
Johnson (3,080,776) may also be a surname.
Johnson Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A Modern usage name, meaning: Surname of president, United States of America.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
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