Townend Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Townend Name Meaning: A name given to someone who lived at the extremity of a town or village.

From the Middle English \"toun\" and \"ende\", meaning \"settlement\" and \"end\", Townsend was a name given to someone who lived at the end (or the outskirts) of a town or village.

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Townend Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Townend family

Profession Census Frequency
School 289
Coal Miner Hewer 53
Cotton Weaver 25
Private Means 24
Labourer 23
Weaver 23
Farmer 15
Coal Miner (hewer) 14
Butcher 13
School Boy 13
At Home 13
None 12
General Labourer 11
No Occupation 10
Woollen Weaver 10
Commercial Traveller 9
Dressmaker 9
Tailoress 8
General Servant (domestic) 8
House Keeper 8
Assisting In Business 8
Cloth Weaver 8
Worsted Spinner 8
At School 7
Farm Labourer 7

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