Townsen 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 0
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 3
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 6
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 4
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 5
Yorkshire 0

Wales

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

Townsen Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Townsen family

Profession Census Frequency
Washing Laundry Man 2
Coach Porter 1
Gas Fitter 1
Engine Driver 1
Farm Labourer 1
Nurse Hospital 1
Coal Miner Hewer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Townsen

Name Census Frequency
George Townsen 11
Elizabeth Townsen 9
William Townsen 8
Mary Townsen 7
Sarah Townsen 6
Thomas Townsen 6
Ann Townsen 5
John Townsen 4
Charles Townsen 3
Eliza Townsen 3
Fanny Townsen 3
Hannah Townsen 3
James Townsen 3
Edward Townsen 2
Louisa Townsen 2
Matilda Townsen 2
Robert Townsen 2
Samuel Townsen 2
Albert Townsen 1
Alice Townsen 1
Amy Townsen 1
Annie Townsen 1
Arthur Townsen 1
Benjamin Townsen 1
Caroline Townsen 1

Townsen Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Townson 86% 8,679
2 Townsin 86% 256
3 Townsen 100% 126

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The surname Townsen is the 3rd most popular variant of Townson.

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