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 | 45 |
| Buckinghamshire | 116 |
| Berkshire | 425 |
| Cambridgeshire | 151 |
| Channel Islands | 10 |
| Cheshire | 145 |
| Cornwall | 51 |
| Cumberland | 5 |
| Derbyshire | 361 |
| Devon | 432 |
| Dorset | 73 |
| Durham | 89 |
| Essex | 606 |
| Gloucestershire | 928 |
| Hampshire | 357 |
| Herefordshire | 116 |
| Hertfordshire | 95 |
| Huntingdonshire (and Rutland) | 156 |
| Isle of Man | 2 |
| Kent | 409 |
| Lancashire | 1,232 |
| Leicestershire | 552 |
| Lincolnshire | 192 |
| London | 2,558 |
| Middlesex | 598 |
| Northumberland | 39 |
| Norfolk | 114 |
| Northamptonshire | 296 |
| Nottinghamshire | 491 |
| Oxfordshire | 612 |
| Rutland (and Huntingdonshire) | 156 |
| Shropshire | 114 |
| Suffolk | 110 |
| Somerset | 314 |
| Surrey | 473 |
| Sussex | 305 |
| Staffordshire | 509 |
| Warwickshire | 1,038 |
| Westmorland | 5 |
| Wiltshire | 562 |
| Worcestershire | 386 |
| Yorkshire | 1,408 |
| Anglesey | 0 |
| Brecknockshire | 26 |
| Cardiganshire | 0 |
| Carnarvonshire | 8 |
| Carmarthenshire | 19 |
| Denbighshire | 13 |
| Flintshire | 3 |
| Glamorgan | 401 |
| Merionethshire | 1 |
| Montgomeryshire | 9 |
| Monmouthshire | 232 |
| Pembrokeshire | 13 |
| Radnorshire | 2 |
| 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 |
| 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 |