Description
In North America, the surname Johnson has absorbed many variants of this patronym from European languages, as well as the Danish Jørgensen (which does not share its root with Johnson, but is derived from Latin Georgius). It is the second most common family name in the United States after Smith. During the 1990 census, approximately 0.81 per cent of people counted had this family name.
In Ireland, Johnson is also found as an anglicisation of the Gaelic surnames Mac Sean (McShane) and Mac Eoin (McKeown). .
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