American Family Name Origins:
Johannessen
Frequency: (397)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Danish, Norwegian, and North German: variant of Johansen.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 31%. Erik (5), Thor (5), Bjorn (2), Sven (2), Aase, Alf, Anders, Erlend, Gorm, Johan, Knut, Lars.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
