Last Name TOWNLEY

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Meaning Local: Of Townley, an ancient manor in Habergham Eaves, Burnley, county Lancashire. The place gave rise to a family of distinction in very early times. Richard de Townley was sheriff of Lancashire, 1376-1379. Townley is simply a reversal of the syllables in Layton, or Leyton, or Leighton. Townley emphasizes the relation of the meadow to the farm, the others the relationship of the farm to the meadow. Townley means the farm-meadow, the others the meadow-farm.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 7,826 (2000 US census) 7,507 (1990 US census)
Count 3,921 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 93.29%, or 3658 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.63%, or 103 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.81%, or 71 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.35%, or 53 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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