# Johansson

Johansson is a patronymic family name of Swedish origin meaning "son of Johan", or "Johan's son". It is the most common Swedish family name, followed by Andersson. (First 18 surnames ends -sson.) The Danish, Norwegian, German and Dutch variant is Johansen, while the most common spelling in the US is Johnson. There are still other spellings. Johansson is an uncommon given name.

## Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 91.2% of all known bearers of the surname Johansson were residents of Sweden (frequency 1:39), 2.5% of Finland (1:802), 1.5% of Norway (1:1,274), 1.4% of the United States (1:93,010) and 1.0% of Denmark (1:2,022).
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:39) in the following counties:
* 1. Kalmar (1:21)
* 2. Kronoberg (1:21)
* 3. Halland (1:21)
* 4. Jönköping (1:25)
* 5. Västra Götaland (1:26)
* 6. Blekinge (1:29)
* 7. Östergötland (1:30)
* 8. Värmland (1:30)
* 9. Västerbotten (1:36)
* 10. Gotland (1:36)
* 11. Örebro (1:39)
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:802) in the following regions:
* 1. Åland (1:51)
* 2. Southwest Finland (1:383)
* 3. Ostrobothnia (1:487)
* 4. Uusimaa (1:521)

## People

* Anders Johansson, Swedish heavy metal drummer
* Anna Agnér (1896–1977), born as Anna Naemi Gabriella Johansson, Swedish painter
* Anita Johansson, Swedish figure skater
* Annika Johansson, Swedish freestyle skier
* Ann-Sofie Johansson, Swedish fashion designer, former Head of Design for H&M
* Bernt Johansson, Swedish road bicycle racer, 1976 Olympic champion
* Bo Johansson, football (soccer) coach
* Calle Johansson, a retired professional ice hockey defenceman
* Carl Edvard Johansson, Swedish inventor (of the gauge block set)
* Ejner Johansson (1922–2001), Danish art historian and documentary film director
* Elinore Johansson (born 1996), Swedish handball player
* Elsie Johansson (1931–2025), Swedish writer
* Emil Johansson (disambiguation), multiple people
* Fannie Gaston-Johansson, American professor of nursing
* Inge Johansson, Swedish chess player
* Ingebrigt Johansson, Norwegian mathematician
* Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer, heavyweight world champion
* Ivar Lo-Johansson, Swedish proletarian author
* Jan Johansson, jazz pianist
* Jens Johansson, heavy metal keyboardist
* Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
* Johan J. Johansson, American Medal of Honor recipient
* Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic Composer
* Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer
* Josef Johansson, Swedish pop singer and songwriter
* Karl Henrik Johansson, Swedish engineer
* Leif Johansson (businessman), Swedish Chairman of Ericsson
* Lena Johansson (born 1969), Swedish politician
* Lennart Johansson, Swedish sports official, former President of the European Football Federation
* Marcus Johansson, multiple people
* Martin Emanuel Johansson, Swedish chess master
* Martina Johansson, Swedish politician
* Mathilde Johansson, French female tennis player
* Nanna Johansson, Swedish cartoonist
* Olof Johansson, Swedish politician, former leader of Centerpartiet
* Ove Johansson, native Swede and American football placekicker
* Scarlett Johansson, American actress, singer and producer
* Stefan Johansson, Formula One driver
* Stefan Johansson (racewalker), Swedish race walker
* Thomas Johansson, Swedish former tennis player
* Victor Johansson, Swedish swimmer
* Viktoria Johansson, Swedish chess player
* Wiktoria Johansson, Swedish singer and songwriter
* Ylva Johansson, Swedish politician, European Commissioner for Home Affairs