Given name & surname · also North Germanic
Johansen
Johansen is a surname from North Germanic, ultimately from Norwegian. It is used in English, Norwegian Bokmål, and Danish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Johansen comes from North Germanic, and ultimately from Norwegian.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Johansen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Johan. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Johansen as a surname has a patronymic derivation linked to Johannes.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Johansen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 23
- 23 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2005. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1994. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 122 as a first name in 2020; 9,524 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Johansen’s family of names
In English usage, Johansen as a surname has a “son of” formation linked to Johan. In Norwegian usage, Johansen as a surname has a conventional equivalent in the English form Johnson. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Johansen as a surname shares a linguistic root with the English form Johnson.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Johansen has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Norwegian roots to each of them.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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