Last Name TOWNER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The towner, probably equivalent to Farmer, one who kept or laboured on a town or farm. A dweller in a town.

Origin	English, Guam

Rank	8,255 (2000 US census)	7,175 (1990 US census)

Count	3,692 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

75.11%, or 2773 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
19.15%, or 707 total occurrences, as black,
0.81%, or 30 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.79%, or 29 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.92%, or 71 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.22%, or 82 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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