The Johannes surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,455 people carried this name — #9,412 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 85,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,378 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 143 people named Johannes.
18 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
39 people named Johannes live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
34 people named Johannes is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Johannes in American newspapers,
1908–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 87,039 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Johannes.
- Joerger 564 · U.S. census
- Joffe 974 · U.S. census
- Joffre 165 · U.S. census
- Joffrion 654 · U.S. census
- Johan 151 · U.S. census
- Johann 962 · U.S. census
- John 33,543 · U.S. census
- Johner 241 · U.S. census
- Johnson 1,932,812 · U.S. census
- Johnston 131,373 · U.S. census
- Joint 332 · U.S. census
- Jolet 174 · U.S. census
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