Townsend

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English

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Townsend

Alternative forms

Townshend, Townhend, Townend

Etymology

town +‎ -s- +‎ end. From Middle English toun (“hamlet, village”) + ende (“end”)

Pronunciation

enPR: tounʹ-zənd

(UK, US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈtaʊn.zənd/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈtæɔn.zənd/

Proper noun

Townsend (countable and uncountable, plural Townsends)

(countable) A surname.
(countable) A male given name
A placename:
1. A community in Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada
2. A former township in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada
3. A number of places in the United States:
  1. A town in Delaware.
  2. An unincorporated community in McIntosh County, Georgia.
  3. A town in Massachusetts.
  4. A city, the county seat of Broadwater County, Montana.
  5. Two townships in Ohio, in Huron County and Sandusky County.
  6. A city in Tennessee.
  7. A town in Wisconsin.
4. A number of places in England:
  1. A council ward in Chesham parish, Buckinghamshire (OS grid ref SP9602).
  2. A suburb of Haddenham, Buckinghamshire, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7409).
  3. A northern suburb of Bournemouth, Dorset (OS grid ref SZ1194).
  4. A hamlet in Baughurst parish, Basingstoke and Deane district, Hampshire (OS grid ref SU5658).
  5. A western suburb of St Albans, Hertfordshire (OS grid ref TL1408).
  6. A hamlet in Priddy parish, Mendip district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST5251).
  7. A suburban area of Merriott parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4413).
  8. An eastern suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire (OS grid ref SJ9147)
  9. A hamlet in Poulshot parish, south-west of Devizes, Wiltshire (OS grid ref ST9659).
  10. A suburban area of Urchfont, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0456).

Derived terms

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Townsend is the 483^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 69,360 individuals. Townsend is most common among White (67.70%) and Black (26.42%) individuals.

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