Origins Available: English, Danish, Swedish
Spelling variations include: Johnson, Joneson, Jonson, Joynson and others.
First found in Lincolnshire, where the Johnson family had been granted lands by Duke William on his conquest of England in 1066.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Alice Johnson, who settled in Virginia in 1635; as did Abraham Johnson in 1648; Benjamin Johnson, who immigrated to the Barbados in 1660; Thomas Johnson, who sailed to St. John's, Newfoundland in 1666.
(Above is a small excerpt from our 1800 word history)
Motto Translated: Never unprepared.
Suggested Readings for the name Johnson
The Johnson Family by Ruby Wiedman, Some Johnsons of Southern Maryland by Leona A. Cryer, Those Handy Nordics by Ethel Marie Johnson Taylor, The Descendants of William and John Johnson.
Some noteworthy people of the name Johnson
Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973) American 36th president of the United States
Earvin Johnson (1959-) American original name of Magic Johnson
Lucy Johnson (1922-1990) American original name of Eva Gardner
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) British author
Ollie Johnson (1912-) American cartoon animator with Walt Disney
Van Johnson (1916-) American actor
Esther Johnson (1681-1728) English poet
Lenton Johnson (1888-1958) American poet
Nunnally Johnson (1897-1977) American screenwriter
Ban Johnson (1864-1931) American baseball executive
Anne-Marie Johnson American actress
Howard Johnson (1896-1972) American founded restaurants
Arte Johnson (1929-) American actor/comedian
Magic Johnson (1959-) American basketball player
Jack Johnson (1878-1946) American boxer
Steamboat Johnson (d. 1951) American baseball umpire
Bunk Johnson (1879-1949) jazz musician
Rafer Johnson (contemporary) American actor and bodyguard
Lady Bird Johnson (1912-) American political worker
Ben Johnson (1918-) American actor
Don Johnson (1949-) American actor
Wilko Johnson (1947-) British R&B guitarist
Pussyfoot Johnson (1862-1945) American law enforcement officer
Caryn Johnson (1950-) American original name of Whoopi Goldberg
Alexander Bryan Johnson (1786-1867) Eng/Am philosopher
Amy Johnson (1903-1941) English aviator
Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) American 17th American President
Ben Johnson (1961-) Jam/Can sprinter
Celia Johnson (1908-1982) English actress
Eyvind Johnson (1900-1976) Swedish novelist
Hewlett Johnson (1874-1966) English prelate
John "Jack" Arthur Johnson (1878-1946) American black pugilist
James "P" Price Johnson (1894-1955) American pianist
James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) American author
Lionel Pigot Johnson (1867-1902) English poet
Pamela Hansford Johnson (1912-1981) English novelist
Philip Cortelyou Johnson (1906-) American architect
Richard Mentor Johnson (1781-1850) American politician
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer
Virginia E. Shelman Johnson (1925-) American psychologist
William Johnson (1715-1774) Irish merchant
William Eugene Johnson (1862-1945) American original name of Pussyfoot Johnson
Wallace Johnson (c.1912-) tennis player
James Louis Johnson (1924-) American original name of J J Johnson
James Price Johnson (1891-1955) American jazz musician
Bunk Johnson (1879-1949) jazz musician
Eliza McCardle Johnson (1810-1876) wife of president Johnson
Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson (1912-) American original name of Lady Bird Johnson
Opha M. Johnson (contemporary) American soldier/first female of the Marine Corps Reserve
Holly Johnson English pop singer
Amy Johnson (1903-1941) English aviator
Richard Johnson American archer
Michael Johnson American athlete
Allen Johnson American athlete
Merle Johnson (1936-) American original name of Troy Donahue
Lucy Johnson (1922-1990) American original name of Ava Gardner
Walter Johnson (1887-1946) American original name of the Big Train
Carol Diahann Johnson (1935-) American original name of Diahann Carroll
Magic Johnson (1959-) American basketball player
J J Johnson (1924-) American jazz musician
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Johnson Coat of Arms from ENGLAND.
Spelling variations include: Johnson, Joneson and others.
First found in Lincolnshire where they had been granted lands by Duke William on his conquest of England in 1066.
Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Widow Johnson who settled in Virginia in 1623; followed by Alice in 1635, Abraham in 1648; Albert Johnson settled in Maryland in 1682; Benjamin Johnson settled in the Barbados in 1660.
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