Scandinavian family name etymology
Sweden
Columns: Rank | Surname | Number of bearers 2008 | Type | Etymology
1 | Johansson | 265.308 | patronymic | son of Johan | 2 | Andersson | 263.518 | patronymic | son of Anders | 3 | Karlsson | 201.681 | patronymic | son of Karl | 4 | Nilsson | 178.845 | patronymic | son of Nils | 5 | Eriksson | 142.959 | patronymic | son of Erik | 6 | Larsson | 129.275 | patronymic | son of Lars | 7 | Olsson | 113.927 | patronymic | son of Ola | 8 | Persson | 111.629 | patronymic | son of Per | 9 | Svensson | 106.886 | patronymic | son of Sven | 10 | Gustafsson | 74.432 | patronymic | son of Gustaf | 11 | Pettersson | 67.519 | patronymic | son of Petter | 12 | Jonsson | 59.307 | patronymic | son of Jon | 13 | Jansson | 51.346 | patronymic | son of Jan | 14 | Hansson | 45.009 | patronymic | son of Hans | 15 | Bengtsson | 35.241 | patronymic | son of Bengt | 16 | Jönsson | 34.018 | patronymic | son of Jöns | 17 | Petersson | 31.332 | patronymic | son of Peter | 18 | Carlsson | 29.967 | patronymic | son of Carl | 19 | Lindberg | 27.344 | landscape | linden + mountain | 20 | Magnusson | 27.152 | patronymic | son of Magnus