Jansson


Jansson is a Swedish patronymic surname, meaning "son of Jan", derived from Johannes, a cognate of John. There are alternate Belgian, German, Dutch, Danish, Latvian and Norwegian spellings. Jansson is rare as a given name.

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 86.2% of all known bearers of the surname Jansson were residents of Sweden, 5.1% of Finland, 2.9% of the United States and 1.7% of Norway.
In Sweden, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following counties:
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average in the following regions:
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