Surname Checker / Johnson
How Common Is the Last Name Johnson?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Johnson today
2,140,056
Ranked #2 of 162,254 published surnames · 655.24 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 1,932,812 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
58.97%
Black
34.63%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.54%
Hispanic
2.36%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.