Townsens Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

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

Townsens Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Townsens Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States121:30,204,911765,334
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419

Townsens Last Name Facts

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

Townsens is found in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Townsens? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,391,485th most common family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. It occurs mostly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Townsens live; 92 percent live in North America and 92 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 30,204,911. In The United States Townsens is most prevalent in: Texas, where 42 percent are found, District of Columbia, where 8 percent are found and Massachusetts, where 8 percent are found. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in England, where 8 percent are found.

Townsens Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Townsens has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Townsens Last Name Statistics demography

Townsens earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 51.4% less than the national average, earning $20,969 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Townsons881/
Townsins880/
Tansens8096/
Tensens802/
Tonsness751/
Tanssens751/
Tennsens750/
Tanusensa714/
Tunisiens714/
Donsenius713/
Tenne-Sens673/
Dansens671/
Tunsons670/

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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 Townsens
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