Townsand Surname

1,328,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 169 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Townsand Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Townsand Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1421:2,552,528155,105
Jamaica121:239,1626,359
Australia71:3,856,529135,538
Trinidad and Tobago31:454,65814,297
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
England21:27,859,030389,889
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland41:1,107,46726,093
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England551:443,18925,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,0051:49,9695,679

Townsand Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Townsand Come From? nationality or country of origin

Townsand occurs most in The United States. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Townsand? popularity and diffusion

The last name Townsand is the 1,328,442nd most numerous family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. Townsand is mostly found in The Americas, where 94 percent of Townsand are found; 85 percent are found in North America and 85 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Townsand is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 142 people, or 1 in 2,552,528. In The United States Townsand is most numerous in: New York, where 13 percent live, Arkansas, where 13 percent live and Missouri, where 11 percent live. Beside The United States this surname occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 7 percent live and Australia, where 4 percent live.

Townsand Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Townsand has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 96 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Townsand Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Townsand surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 50% registered with the party.

Townsand earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.64% less than the national average, earning $36,831 USD per year.

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Townsand Reference & Research

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Townsand
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