Townsénd
surname · Latin script
Townsénd is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. Recorded meaning: town + -s- + end. From Middle English toun (“hamlet, village”) + ende (“end”).
- JMJamaica≈1 in 3.3K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 3.5K
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 3.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 522 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.3K (inferred from the name graph)
69,360 people, 2010
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Townsend in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
town + -s- + end. From Middle English toun (“hamlet, village”) + ende (“end”)
Sources 5
- A dictionary of surnames
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
- Wiktionary
Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Townsénd counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #426 | 69,360 | 1 in 4.8K | 69K | Townsend | 522 |
| GB United Kingdom | #307 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | 24K | Townsend | 265 |
| CA Canada | #463 | ≈7,400 est. | ≈1 in 5.1K | — | Townsend | 209 |
| AU Australia | #320 | ≈7,200 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | — | Townsend | 231 |
| IT Italy | #786 | ≈6,800 est. | ≈1 in 9.1K | — | Townsend | 30 |
| NZ New Zealand | #312 | ≈1,400 est. | ≈1 in 3.5K | — | Townsend | 116 |
| IE Ireland | #413 | ≈1,300 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | — | Townsend | 49 |
| JM Jamaica | #112 | ≈840 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | — | Townsend | 20 |
69,360 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Townsénd mean, and where does it come from?
- town + -s- + end. From Middle English toun (“hamlet, village”) + ende (“end”) Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and 3 other sources.
- In which country does Townsénd have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 69 thousand people named Townsénd, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled townsend.
- How common is the name Townsénd?
- In the United States, the national register counted 69,360 people named Townsénd in 2010, about 1 in 4.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Townsénd compared with other names?
- In the United States, Townsénd is the 426th most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Townsénd” — the 426th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.