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Is Johnson a Male or Female Name?

Johnson is predominantly a male name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Johnson globally is 96.3% males and 3.7% females. The country with the highest male ratio is St. Lucia with 100.0% and the country with the highest female ratio is Nigeria with 9.8%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Johnson in percentages: Globally: 96.3% males, 3.7% females, Nigeria: 90.2% males, 9.8% females, United States: 97.6% males, 2.4% females, India: 99.6% males, 0.4% females, China: 99.5% males, 0.5% females, Malaysia: 98.6% males, 1.4% females, United Kingdom: 98.1% males, 1.9% females, Ghana: 96.6% males, 3.4% females, Hong Kong SAR China: 99.2% males, 0.8% females, Canada: 99.1% males, 0.9% females, South Africa: 97.3% males, 2.7% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Johnson are 55-64 years old, making up 27.1% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 18-24.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Johnson in each age group: 18-24: 3.3%, 25-34: 12.2%, 35-44: 18.8%, 45-54: 20.0%, 55-64: 27.1%, 65+: 18.5%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Johnson is Nigeria with 0.1167% of the population. Following is Niger and Kenya.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Johnson measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Johnson year over year: 1956: 0.0044‰, 1957: 0.0126‰, 1958: 0.0086‰, 1959: 0.0079‰, 1960: 0.0205‰, 1961: 0.0091‰, 1962: 0.0065‰, 1963: 0.0059‰, 1964: 0.006‰, 1965: 0.0092‰, 1966: 0.0071‰, 1967: 0.0078‰, 1968: 0.0071‰, 1969: 0.0054‰, 1970: 0.0091‰, 1971: 0.0056‰, 1972: 0.0064‰, 1973: 0.0044‰, 1974: 0.0047‰, 1975: 0.007‰, 1976: 0.0057‰, 1977: 0.0059‰, 1978: 0.0057‰, 1979: 0.0055‰, 1980: 0.0077‰, 1981: 0.0057‰, 1982: 0.0059‰, 1983: 0.0062‰, 1984: 0.0057‰, 1985: 0.0056‰, 1986: 0.0061‰, 1987: 0.0047‰, 1988: 0.0051‰, 1989: 0.004‰, 1990: 0.0047‰, 1991: 0.0037‰, 1992: 0.0049‰, 1993: 0.0038‰, 1994: 0.0023‰, 1995: 0.0016‰, 1996: 0.0007‰, 1997: 0.0018‰, 1998: 0.0018‰, 1999: 0.0013‰, 2000: 0.0005‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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