Towshend Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Towshend Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Towshend Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Towshend Last Name Facts

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

The last name Towshend is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Towshend? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 10,311,814th most common last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 67 percent of Towshend are found; 67 percent are found in North America and 67 percent are found in Anglo-North America.

Towshend is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 181,229,466. In The United States Towshend is most prevalent in: California, where 100 percent reside. Beside The United States Towshend exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 33 percent reside.

Towshend Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Towshend has changed over time. In England it declined 94 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Towhshend942/
Towsend93342/
Towscend882/
Tawshend881/
Towssend881/
Thouwsend821/
Towsand8014/
Tawsend802/
Towsond801/
Towsemd800/
Thowsand752/
Tovshetyn711/
Towsant670/
Tafsheen631/
Towchaing592/
Towssaint591/
Tafsand532/
Tawshim531/

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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
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  • 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 Towshend
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