Towney Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 1
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 4
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 3
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 1
Surrey 0
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 2
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 1
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Towney Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Towney family

Profession Census Frequency
Lace Cleaner 2
Labourer 1
Charwoman Room Keeper 1
Cotton Doubler 1
Office Boy 1
Scholar 1
General Servant 1
Shop Assistant 1
Annuitant 1
Gardener 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Towney

Name Census Frequency
Mary Towney 19
William Towney 15
Elizabeth Towney 11
James Towney 9
Henry Towney 8
Thomas Towney 8
Ellen Towney 7
Alice Towney 6
George Towney 6
John Towney 6
Ann Towney 5
Catherine Towney 5
Edward Towney 4
Maria Towney 4
Michael Towney 4
Sarah Towney 4
Cornelius Towney 3
Eliza Towney 3
Emma Towney 3
Frank Towney 3
Joseph Towney 3
Margaret Towney 3
Martha Towney 3
Richard Towney 3
Alfred Towney 2

Towney Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Twiney 67% 604
2 Towney 100% 211
3 Tawney 83% 190

Did you know?

The surname Towney is the 2nd most popular variant of Twiney.

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