Townsen Surname

874,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Townsen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Townsen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2891:1,254,18388,515
England131:4,286,005132,302
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England391:625,00931,098
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States4671:107,53510,760

Townsen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Townsen is most common in The United States. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Townsen? popularity and diffusion

The surname Townsen is the 874,560th most widely held last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 23,584,291 people. The surname Townsen occurs mostly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Townsen are found; 94 percent are found in North America and 94 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Townsen is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is carried by 289 people, or 1 in 1,254,183. In The United States it is most prevalent in: Texas, where 30 percent reside, California, where 13 percent reside and Illinois, where 11 percent reside. Besides The United States Townsen is found in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 4 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Townsen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Townsen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Townsen surname decreased 38 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Townsen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Townsen surname are 5.86% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.63% being registered with the political party.

Townsen earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 16.32% less than the national average, earning $36,106 USD per year.

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Townsen Reference & Research

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TOWNSEND FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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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 Townsen
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis