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 | 20 |
| Buckinghamshire | 41 |
| Berkshire | 327 |
| Cambridgeshire | 126 |
| Channel Islands | 7 |
| Cheshire | 71 |
| Cornwall | 39 |
| Cumberland | 5 |
| Derbyshire | 187 |
| Devon | 360 |
| Dorset | 20 |
| Durham | 36 |
| Essex | 211 |
| Gloucestershire | 800 |
| Hampshire | 120 |
| Herefordshire | 106 |
| Hertfordshire | 47 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 93 |
| Isle of Man | 1 |
| Kent | 214 |
| Lancashire | 627 |
| Leicestershire | 272 |
| Lincolnshire | 115 |
| London | 1,330 |
| Middlesex | 124 |
| Northumberland | 41 |
| Norfolk | 118 |
| Northamptonshire | 136 |
| Nottinghamshire | 149 |
| Oxfordshire | 595 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 93 |
| Shropshire | 44 |
| Suffolk | 57 |
| Somerset | 217 |
| Surrey | 170 |
| Sussex | 163 |
| Staffordshire | 193 |
| Warwickshire | 614 |
| Westmorland | 10 |
| Wiltshire | 443 |
| Worcestershire | 90 |
| Yorkshire | 872 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 6 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 0 |
| Carmarthenshire | 12 |
| Denbighshire | 1 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 46 |
| Merionethshire | 0 |
| Montgomeryshire | 9 |
| Monmouthshire | 118 |
| Pembrokeshire | 0 |
| Radnorshire | 6 |
| Profession | Census Frequency |
|---|---|
| Scholar | 1,638 |
| Agricultural Labourer | 348 |
| Labourer | 214 |
| Domestic Servant | 92 |
| Dress Maker | 89 |
| Laundress | 75 |
| General Servant | 74 |
| Gardener | 63 |
| Ag Labourer | 60 |
| House Keeper | 55 |
| Cotton Weaver | 54 |
| Coal Miner | 48 |
| Servant | 47 |
| Carpenter | 40 |
| Annuitant | 35 |
| Butcher | 33 |
| Cook | 32 |
| Wife Of Above | 32 |
| Farm Labourer | 29 |
| Nurse | 29 |
| No Occupation | 28 |
| Blacksmith | 24 |
| Charwoman | 24 |
| Hawker | 23 |
| Farmer | 23 |
| 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 |