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 | 28 |
| Buckinghamshire | 74 |
| Berkshire | 349 |
| Cambridgeshire | 139 |
| Channel Islands | 26 |
| Cheshire | 85 |
| Cornwall | 44 |
| Cumberland | 12 |
| Derbyshire | 263 |
| Devon | 404 |
| Dorset | 27 |
| Durham | 45 |
| Essex | 314 |
| Gloucestershire | 870 |
| Hampshire | 182 |
| Herefordshire | 114 |
| Hertfordshire | 39 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 123 |
| Isle of Man | 3 |
| Kent | 306 |
| Lancashire | 912 |
| Leicestershire | 412 |
| Lincolnshire | 181 |
| London | 1,935 |
| Middlesex | 195 |
| Northumberland | 28 |
| Norfolk | 100 |
| Northamptonshire | 235 |
| Nottinghamshire | 235 |
| Oxfordshire | 624 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 123 |
| Shropshire | 83 |
| Suffolk | 91 |
| Somerset | 230 |
| Surrey | 278 |
| Sussex | 197 |
| Staffordshire | 308 |
| Warwickshire | 793 |
| Westmorland | 1 |
| Wiltshire | 601 |
| Worcestershire | 215 |
| Yorkshire | 1,188 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 19 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 1 |
| Carmarthenshire | 13 |
| Denbighshire | 5 |
| Flintshire | 0 |
| Glamorgan | 99 |
| Merionethshire | 1 |
| Montgomeryshire | 7 |
| Monmouthshire | 140 |
| Pembrokeshire | 15 |
| Radnorshire | 0 |
| 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 |
| 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 |