Johannesen

surname · Latin script

Meaning: variant of Johansen

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/ˌdʒoʊˈhænɪsən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Johannesen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Norway than in any other country. In Faroe Islands it is the 6th most common surname.

rarermore common
  • NONorway1 in 1.2K(measured from records)
  • DKDenmark1 in 2.3K
  • USUnited States1 in 397K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Norway (measured from records)

4,540 people

Sources
127 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)

Norway

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

variant of Johansen.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Johannesen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Johannesen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NO Norway#1744,5401 in 1.2K4.5KJohannesen83
DK Denmark#1962,5521 in 2.3K2.6KJohannesen96
US United States—8371 in 397K844Johannesen127
GH Ghana—≈330 est.≈1 in 90K—Johannesen3
EG Egypt—≈210 est.≈1 in 505K—Johannesen1
SE Sweden—1531 in 67K153Johannesen19
EE Estonia—≈14 est.≈1 in 88Klisted—1
FO Faroe Islands#6≈11 est.≈1 in 4.8K—Johannesen12

4,540 people counted by SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Johannesen is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Canada

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Johannesén

  • a separate surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Norway, Sweden, Faroe Islands

    Also written Johannesén

  • Russian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, United States, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Йоханнесен, Иоханнесен

36 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Sigge Johannessen, b. 1884Grant Johannesen, b. 1921Knut Johannesen, b. 1933Olaf Heine Johannessen, b. 1961Kaj Leo Johannesen, b. 1964Aksel V. Johannesen, b. 1972Óli Johannesen, b. 1972Eric Johannesen, b. 1988Torben Johannesen, b. 1994Johannes Johannesen, b. 1997

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Johannesen,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 24 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Johannesen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—4.5K#179
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—2.6K#144
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20182.4K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20192.4K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20202.4K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20212.4K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20222.4K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20232.3K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20242.3K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)20252.3K—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020844#29,761
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010837#28,498

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Johannesen mean, and where does it come from?
variant of Johansen. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Johannesen?
A machine transcription gives /ˌdʒoʊˈhænɪsən/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Johannesen have the most bearers?
In Norway, the national register counted about 4.5 thousand people named Johannesen, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled johannesen.
Where is Johannesen most common?
Johannesen is densest in Norway, where the national register counts about 1 in 1.2 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Johannesen?
In Norway, the national register counted 4,540 people named Johannesen, about 1 in 1.2 thousand residents.
How common is Johannesen compared with other names?
In Norway, Johannesen is the 174th most common surname of 90,139 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Johannesen” — the 174th most common surname in Norway. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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