Does any body know anything about the JOHNS name. JOHNS

[badfella518]

Hello. I was wondering if any body knows anything about the JOHNS name. I was wondering if that is the shortened form of ????. I don't know what name it could have originated from. I live in scranton pa. please email me at badfella518@yahoo.com if anybody knows anything.
Anthony [/b]

[ptimber]

Please clarify what is Italian with the name(?) or surname(?) John(s) . Right off hand I am not aware of any derivation of a name that would be shortened to John(s). Petert

[badfella518]

it is and that is why i am asking!!

[ptimber]

John= Giovanni in italian language so there is no short or long name John in Italian. Peter

[littledi]

Hi, There are also families of the JOHNS name in Jackson, MI and Lansing, MI that are Italian.

[ptimber]

There are 4 four towns in Italy with people named JOHNS and they are in Veneto and Lombardia region. There are 21 towns in Italy that have JOHN as a surname as well and they are spread from North to Sicily and even one in Sardinia. What are your research objectives so that I can send you to where you haveto go to find out what you want to know. My job is to refer you and yhour job is to do the research. Peter

[littledi]

Peter,
I have no interest in the JOHNS name other than to reply that when you stated you couldn't find any that I did know the family name. So, no help needed here, but thanks for all your help on other ?'s

[ptimber]

Yeah and how many angels fit on the head of a pin. Peter

[Cmelito]

I know one family named Colagiovanni that changed the name to John in the US