Upjohn: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Upjohn began as a Welsh family name. In Elsdon Smith's reading, the name described “the son of John (gracious gift of Jehovah)”.

Researching the origin

It is a patronymic: it named a person after a father or forebear.

Upjohn by the numbers

Arms associated with the name

Sharing the Upjohn name is not the same as sharing a crest; arms were granted to individual families.

Research your Upjohn family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.