Last Name TOWNSEND

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Meaning Local: At the town-end or town's-end, frmo residence thereby. The 'h' in Townshend was an early intrusion.
Local: One who lived at the end of the town.
Origin English, Native American, Irish, Falkland, South african

Rank 444 (2000 US census) 375 (1990 US census)
Count 66,853 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 70.59%, or 47192 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 25.03%, or 16733 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.43%, or 287 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.75%, or 501 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.62%, or 1083 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.59%, or 1063 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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