Cognomen Townes (Townes 
, تونيس) , in all the world, is quite a common last name. The last name Townes is habitual in the United States, where it is quite a rare surname, New Zealand, where it is a rare surname, and Australia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Very seldom, Townes is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Townes | United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, South Africa, United States |
| samuel a. townes (b. 1806) |
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| john charles townes (b. 1852) |
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harry townes American actor (1914-2001), US (b. 1914) |
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charles h. townes 20th-century American physicist, US (b. 1915) |
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sandra l. townes American judge (1944-2018), US (b. 1944) |
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| marjorie chapman townes U.S. entomologist, US (b. 1909) |
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| henry k. townes U.S. entomologist (1913–1990), US (b. 1913) |
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| frances townes (b. 1916) |
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| philip l. townes American physician (b. 1927) |
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| clarence l. townes (b. 1928) |
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| willie carroll townes American football player (1943-2017), US (b. 1943) |
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| emilie m. townes American professor and womanist theologian (b. 1955) |
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| julie townes (born 1970) (b. 1970) |
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| kareem townes college basketball player (1993–1995) La Salle (b. 1973) |
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| john townes (born 1973) (b. 1973) |
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