Last Name JOHN

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Meaning	The son of John, a Welsh surname. John was never an English surname. Johnson monopolized the honours. Gracious; God's grace.

Origin	Welsh, Hebrew, Jewish, Arabic, German, Native American, Irish, Slovakian, Lebanese, Austrian, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	1,161 (2000 US census)	1,172 (1990 US census)

Count	27,643 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

47%, or 12992 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
20.1%, or 5556 total occurrences, as black,
14.41%, or 3983 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
12.56%, or 3472 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
3.58%, or 990 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.36%, or 652 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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