Johansson is a patronymic family name of Swedish origin meaning "son of Johan", or "Johan's son". It is the most common Swedish family name, followed by Andersson. (First 18 surnames ends -sson.) The Danish, Norwegian, German and Dutch variant is Johansen, while the most common spelling in the US is Johanson. There are still other spellings. Johansson is an uncommon given name. People with the surname Johansson include:
Anders Johansson, Swedish heavy metal drummer
Annika Johansson, American stage actress
Bernt Johansson, Swedish road bicycle racer, 1976 Olympic champion
Bo Johansson, football (soccer) coach
Calle Johansson, a retired professional ice hockey defenceman
Carl Edvard Johansson, Swedish inventor (of the gauge block set)
Ingebrigt Johansson, Nors mathematician
Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer, heavyweight world champion
Ivar Lo-Johansson, Swedish proletarian author
Jan Johansson, jazz pianist
Jens Johansson, heavy metal keyboardist
Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
Johan J. Johansson, American Medal of Honor recipient
Jonatan Johansson, Finnish footballer
Josef Johansson, Swedish pop singer and songwriter
Leif Johansson (businessman), Swedish Chairman of Ericsson
Lennart Johansson, Swedish sports official, former President of the European Football Federation
Mathilde Johansson, French female tennis player
Olof Johansson, Swedish politician, former leader of Centerpartiet
Ove Johansson, native Swede and American football placekicker
Scarlett Johansson, American actress
Stefan Johansson, Formula One driver
Stefan Johansson (racewalker), Swedish race walker
Thomas Johansson, Swedish former tennis player
Wiktoria Johansson, Swedish singer and songwriter
