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.
Discover how your Townsend ancestors earned their living and spread across the country. Find out more about your family history by using the Free Search box.| Bedfordshire | 0 |
| Buckinghamshire | 77 |
| Berkshire | 324 |
| Cambridgeshire | 144 |
| Channel Islands | 26 |
| Cheshire | 88 |
| Cornwall | 36 |
| Cumberland | 5 |
| Derbyshire | 232 |
| Devon | 366 |
| Dorset | 35 |
| Durham | 35 |
| Essex | 283 |
| Gloucestershire | 766 |
| Hampshire | 190 |
| Herefordshire | 84 |
| Hertfordshire | 36 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 100 |
| Isle of Man | 0 |
| Kent | 235 |
| Lancashire | 893 |
| Leicestershire | 370 |
| Lincolnshire | 129 |
| London | 1,676 |
| Middlesex | 241 |
| Northumberland | 20 |
| Norfolk | 129 |
| Northamptonshire | 197 |
| Nottinghamshire | 283 |
| Oxfordshire | 417 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 100 |
| Shropshire | 67 |
| Suffolk | 30 |
| Somerset | 177 |
| Surrey | 263 |
| Sussex | 227 |
| Staffordshire | 348 |
| Warwickshire | 724 |
| Westmorland | 0 |
| Wiltshire | 541 |
| Worcestershire | 124 |
| Yorkshire | 1,282 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 17 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 6 |
| Carmarthenshire | 14 |
| Denbighshire | 3 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 115 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 8 |
| Monmouthshire | 104 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,848 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 229 |
| General Labourer | 140 |
| Coal Miner | 106 |
| Living On Own Means | 97 |
| Dress Maker | 96 |
| Domestic Servant | 94 |
| Cotton Weaver | 82 |
| Farmer | 81 |
| Labourer | 71 |
| Farm Labourer | 68 |
| General Servant | 67 |
| General Servant Domestic | 64 |
| Living On Her Own Means | 63 |
| Laundress | 52 |
| Gardener | 51 |
| House Keeper | 49 |
| Carpenter | 40 |
| Butcher | 28 |
| Woollen Weaver | 28 |
| Blacksmith | 27 |
| Grocer | 26 |
| Clerk | 25 |
| Cook Domestic Servant | 24 |
| Carter | 24 |
| Name | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| William Townsend | 5,805 |
| Mary Townsend | 5,211 |
| John Townsend | 4,651 |
| Elizabeth Townsend | 3,560 |
| George Townsend | 3,362 |
| Sarah Townsend | 3,093 |
| Thomas Townsend | 2,791 |
| James Townsend | 2,453 |
| Charles Townsend | 2,047 |
| Henry Townsend | 1,902 |
| Ann Townsend | 1,854 |
| Jane Townsend | 1,497 |
| Joseph Townsend | 1,442 |
| Emma Townsend | 1,353 |
| Eliza Townsend | 1,316 |
| Alice Townsend | 1,219 |
| Annie Townsend | 1,209 |
| Frederick Townsend | 1,183 |
| Ellen Townsend | 1,132 |
| Edward Townsend | 1,048 |
| Emily Townsend | 1,017 |
| Alfred Townsend | 989 |
| Arthur Townsend | 927 |
| Hannah Townsend | 880 |
| Richard Townsend | 842 |