Upjohn

English

Etymology

Anglicized form of Welsh ap (“son of”) + John.

Proper noun

Upjohn (plural Upjohns)

1. A surname from Welsh.

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Upjohn is the 19489^th most common surname in England, belonging to 236 individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Upjohn”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears