Last Name TOWNSHEND

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: At the town-end or town's-end, frmo residence thereby. The 'h' in Townshend was an early intrusion.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 44,895 (2000 US census)
Count 450 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 93.33%, or 420 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.89%, or 13 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.56%, or 7 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.56%, or 7 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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