How Many People Have the Last Name Johnson?
people had the surname Johnson in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 153 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+75,652 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Johnson (59%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 34.6%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Johnson ranks #2. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 61.6% to 59%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Johnson grew from 1,857,160 people in 2000 to 1,932,812 in 2010 (up 4.1%), and its rank stayed #2. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 688.44 to 655.24 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 1,857,160 | 1,932,812 |
| Rank | #2 | #2 |
| Per 100,000 people | 688.44 | 655.24 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Johnson
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Johnson: J525
👤 Johnson as a First Name
Johnson is a first name too: about 4,466 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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