Johnston Family History
Johnston Name Meaning
habitational name, deriving in most cases from the
place so called in Annandale, in Dumfriesshire. This is derived from
the genitive case of the personal name John + Middle English
tone, toun ‘settlement’ (Old English
tun). There are other places in Scotland so called,
including the city of Perth, which used to be known as St. John’s
Toun, and some of these may also be sources of the surname.variant of Johnson (see John), with intrusive
-t-.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Johnston
Name Distribution of Johnston Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Johnston families
 1,134 - 2,266  379 - 1,133 |
 1 - 378  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Johnston families
|
2,158 - 4,313 720 - 2,157 |
1 - 719 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Johnston census records
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Johnston Family Origin
Johnston Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Johnston Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Johnston Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Johnston census records
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