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
School 1,646
Farm Labourer 180
Private Means 127
General Labourer 111
General Servant (domestic) 84
Labourer 84
Coal Miner Hewer 75
Domestic Servant 69
Farmer 69
Dressmaker 67
None 67
Cotton Weaver 58
House Painter 55
At School 52
Laundress 49
Clerk 48
Scholar 46
Housekeeper 44
Dress Maker 44
Old Age Pensioner 41
General Servant Domestic 40
Shop Assistant 39
Cook (domestic) 39
At Home 37
House Keeper 36

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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