Last Name TOWNS

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Meaning	Not available

Origin	Maori

Rank	4,486 (2000 US census)	3,580 (1990 US census)

Count	7,278 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

40.59%, or 2954 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
54.86%, or 3993 total occurrences, as black,
0.33%, or 24 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.38%, or 28 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.64%, or 119 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
2.2%, or 160 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

English surnames

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...