Surname Checker / Townsend
How Common Is the Last Name Townsend?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Townsend today
76,797
Ranked #483 of 162,254 published surnames · 23.51 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 69,360 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
67.7%
Black
26.42%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.47%
Hispanic
2.38%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.