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Johansson Ranking

In the United States, the name Johansson is the 17,716th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1


United States Johansson migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Johansson Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Didrich Johansson, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1627 2
  • Lars Johansson, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1627 2
  • Simon Johansson, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1627 2
Johansson Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Erik Johansson, aged 48, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1846 2
  • Gustaf Adolf Johansson, aged 30, who landed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1848 2
  • Anders Johansson, aged 26, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1848 2
  • Gottfrid Johansson, aged 24, who arrived in Boston, Massachusetts in 1849 2
  • Johan August Johansson, aged 16, who arrived in New York in 1849 2
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Johansson (post 1700) +

  • Scarlett Ingrid Johansson (b. 1984), American actress, BAFTA Award winner for Best Actress in Lost in Translation
  • E. A. Johansson, American politician, Representative from North Dakota at-large, 1942; Independent Candidate for U.S. Senator from North Dakota, 1946 3
  • Ernst Ragnar Johansson (1891-1932), professionally known as Ernst Rolf a Swedish actor, singer and composer and musical revue artist
  • Bengt Johansson (1942-2022), Swedish handball player and coach, born in Halmstad, Sweden and played in the Sweden men's national handball team between 1964 and 1972, coach for the Swedish team from 1988 to 2004
  • John Bertil "Bebben" Johansson (1935-2021), Swedish football player who played as a striker
  • Mats Erik Johansson (1951-2017), Swedish journalist and politician, Member of the Swedish Riksdag for Stockholm Municipality (2006-2014)
  • Tord Gustav Allan Johansson (1955-2015), Swedish businessman
  • Hjalmar Johansson (1874-1957), Swedish winner of a gold and sliver Olympic medal for swimming at 1908 and 1912 games
  • Joachim Johansson (b. 1982), retired Swedish tennis player
  • Jan Johansson (1931-1968), Swedish jazz pianist
  • ... (Another 6 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

RMS Titanic
  • Mr. Erik Johansson (d. 1912), aged 22, Swedish Third Class passenger from Frostensmåla, Småland who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking and was recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett 4
  • Mr. Gustaf Joel Johansson (d. 1912), aged 33, Swedish Third Class passenger from Bäckebo, Småland who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking and was recovered by CS Mackay-Bennett 4
  • Mr. Karl Johan Johansson (d. 1912), aged 31, American Third Class passenger from Duluth, Minnesota who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking 4
  • Mr. Nils Johansson (d. 1912), aged 29, American Third Class passenger from Chicago, Illinois who sailed aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking 4
SS Atlantic
  • Mr. Anders Johansson, who was traveling aboard the ship "SS Atlantic" when it struck rocks off Nova Scotia in 1873, died in the sinking
  • C. M. Johansson, who was traveling aboard the ship "SS Atlantic" when it struck rocks off Nova Scotia in 1873, died in the sinking
  • J. M. Johansson, who was traveling aboard the ship "SS Atlantic" when it struck rocks off Nova Scotia in 1873, died in the sinking
  • S. A. Johansson, who was traveling aboard the ship "SS Atlantic" when it struck rocks off Nova Scotia in 1873, died in the sinking


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
  4. Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html


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