Johansen Surname

4,948th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114,179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Norway
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Johansen Surname Definition:

(Scandinavian) Johannes’s Son, (Scandinavian) Johan’s Son Johnson, q.v. in Dict. [Dano-Norwegian sön, son]

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Johansen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Norway57,1001:902
Denmark25,3681:22318
United States14,4421:25,0983,161
Tanzania5,7181:9,2591,212
Sweden2,1391:4,603437
Australia1,7951:15,0392,139
Canada1,3761:26,7773,573
England7281:76,5368,651
Greenland5781:9817
Faroe Islands5601:8711
New Zealand5381:8,4171,447
Germany4601:175,01220,562
Argentina4341:98,4878,305
Brazil3971:539,23020,207
Thailand3441:205,34434,078
South Africa3051:177,63219,553
France2891:229,83635,639
Spain2161:216,44514,523
Netherlands1971:85,72214,232
Mexico1251:993,01013,084
Finland1001:54,9676,516
Estonia881:15,0202,406
Dominican Republic691:151,2025,897
Scotland611:87,7676,275
Singapore601:91,7953,674
Iceland581:6,553725
Chile571:309,0618,852
Portugal571:182,7767,697
Wales541:57,3065,200
Belgium461:249,92730,800
Switzerland391:210,58818,223
Guernsey371:1,742400
Luxembourg331:17,5923,875
Philippines231:4,401,662162,661
Poland211:1,809,94093,678
Indonesia191:6,960,484292,931
Russia181:8,006,836292,169
United States Virgin Islands181:6,132931
Italy161:3,822,293103,776
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Greece111:1,007,25484,692
China101:136,732,1577,199
Malaysia101:2,949,422111,742
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
Colombia81:5,971,75920,087
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Ecuador81:1,988,23121,385
Guam81:20,0153,029
Paraguay81:904,5939,127
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Ireland41:1,177,23516,494
Pakistan41:44,660,971115,884
Romania41:5,019,46862,922
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
South Korea41:12,810,0642,073
Turkey41:19,455,356155,681
Austria31:2,838,47893,604
Bolivia31:3,538,81111,393
Cambodia31:5,162,38210,688
Hong Kong31:2,445,1619,595
Liberia31:1,469,51238,766
Monaco31:12,3552,088
Slovakia31:1,778,817104,392
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
Congo21:2,494,54828,763
Croatia21:2,114,30285,143
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Serbia21:3,572,47432,645
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bermuda11:65,2793,010
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Malta11:430,2723,380
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nicaragua11:6,021,0908,768
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Samoa11:193,8081,089
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England601:406,25624,311
Scotland71:534,74514,325
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5141:97,7029,938

The alternate forms: Johansén (13) are calculated separately.

Johansen (3,623) may also be a first name.

Johansen Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Scandinavian) Johannes’s Son, (Scandinavian) Johan’s Son Johnson, q.v. in Dict. [Dano-Norwegian sön, son]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Swedish, Danish) The son of Johan (gracious gift of Jehovah).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

The -sen suffix means 'son of' in Danish and Norwegian; 'Johansen' means 'son of Johan'. In Swedish the suffix will be -son and in Icelandic, -søn. Johan is derived from the Nordic Christian name of John the Baptist – Johannes døperen, which leaves Johannes, Johan and John different variations of the same name, and Johannesen, Johannessen, Johansen, Johanssen, Johnsen, Johnssen, Jonsen, Jonssen, Johanneson, Johannesson, Johanson, Johansson, Johnson, Jonson and Jonsson different variations of the same surname.

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Johansen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Johansen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Johansen (Arabic: يوهانسن) is borne by more people in Norway than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Johansén. For other potential spellings of Johansen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Johansen? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 4,948th most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 63,826 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 77 percent of Johansen are found; 76 percent are found in Northern Europe and 75 percent are found in Scandinavia. It is also the 117,439th most numerous forename in the world, borne by 3,623 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Norway, where it is carried by 57,100 people, or 1 in 90. In Norway Johansen is mostly found in: Eastern Norway, where 54 percent reside, Northern Norway, where 25 percent reside and Western Norway, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Norway Johansen occurs in 105 countries. It is also found in Denmark, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 13 percent reside.

Johansen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Johansen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Johansen surname rose 2,810 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 1,213 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 871 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 1,800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Johansen Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Lutheran (33%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Johansen surname are 13.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.14% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Johansen earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 10.02% less than the national average, earning 311,390 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 37.02% more than the national average, earning R 325,608 per year; in United States they earn 7.32% more than the national average, earning $46,308 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.61% less than the national average, earning $48,881 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Johansen Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Johansen in the Arabic language
يوهانسنywhansn-
جوهانسنjwhansn-

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