Townsend Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

Townsend Name Meaning: A name given to someone who lived at the end 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

Townsend Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Townsend family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 2,561
Agricultural Labourer 348
General Labourer 147
Domestic Servant 137
Dress Maker 126
Labourer 116
Farm Labourer 101
Laundress 94
General Servant 91
Coal Miner 90
Cotton Weaver 72
Annuitant 67
Carpenter 59
Gardener 47
House Keeper 45
General Servant Domestic 41
Butcher 38
Farmers Son 33
Charwoman 31
Cook Domestic Servant 31
No Occupation 25
Painter 24
Bricklayer 23
Clerk 23
Servant Domestic 23

Townsend Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Townsend 100% 87,976
2 Townsand 88% 1,627
3 Towensend 89% 197

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