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{{Short description|English and Scottish surname}}
{{distinguish|Johnston (surname)}}
{{About|the surname|a list of people with the surname|List of people with surname Johnson}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox name
| name            = Johnson
| image           = 
| image_size      = 200px
| caption         = [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], 36th U.S. president
| pronunciation   = {{IPAc-en|audio=En-au-johnson.ogg|ˈ|dʒ|ɒ|n|s|ən}}
| language        = English, [[Scottish Gaelic|Scottish]]
| languageorigin  = [[Germanic language|Germanic]]
| meaning         = ''son of John''
| region          = England, [[Normandy]]
| variant         = 
}}
'''Johnson''' is a [[patronymic surname]] of [[Anglo-Normans|Anglo-Norman]] origin. It is a [[patronym]] of the [[given name]] ''[[John (first name)|John]]'' and literally means "son of John". It is the second most common in the United States.<ref name="ancestry1"/><ref>[[Wikisource:1990 Census Name Files dist.all.last (1-100)]]</ref> The name ''John'' derives from [[Latin]] ''[[Johannes]]'', which is derived through [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|grc|Ἰωάννης}} ''Iōannēs'' from [[Hebrew]] {{Script/Hebrew|יוחנן}} ''[[Yohanan]]'', meaning "Yahweh has favoured".<ref name="ancestry1">{{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=johnson |title=Johnson name meanings |publisher=ancestry.com |access-date=12 July 2020}}</ref>

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