In all the world, Townsend (Toun 
, Townsend 
, טאונסנד 
) is quite a rare epicene given name. The first name Townsend is characteristic of Laos, where it is quite a rare feminine name, Tunisia, where it is a rare gender-neutral name, and the United States, where it is a rare primarily male, but scarcely girly name. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in the United States, Nigeria, and Laos. Predominantly, Townsend is the last name as well as the forename.
Townsend is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: .
| gore townsend (1752-1826), GB (b. 1752) |
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| chambré corker townsend (died 1852) (b. 1797) |
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| chambré corker townsend (1838-1897) (b. 1838) |
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| metta folger townsend (b. 1862) |
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| cuthbert hanson townsend (1872-1956) (b. 1872) |
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| perceval crewe townsend (1873-1936) (b. 1873) |
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| crewe armand hamilton townsend (1874-1954) (b. 1874) |
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| dudley ryder townsend (born 1877) (b. 1877) |
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| newman townsend American football player and judge (1882-1951), US (b. 1882) |
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| wallace townsend Arkansas lawyer and Republican politician, US (b. 1882) |
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| miles townsend English cricketer (1885-1948) (b. 1885) |
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| prescott winson townsend American historian of classical antiquity (1893-1961), US (b. 1893) |
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| prescott townsend American activist (1894-1973), US (b. 1894) |
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| harvey gates townsend (b. 1885) |
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| lee townsend American painter and illustrator, US (b. 1895) |
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