Where does
TOWNSEND
rank in the most common names in the U.S.?
TOWNSEND
is identified by the U.S. Bureau of the Census as a surname with more than 100 occurrences in the United States for the year-2000 U.S. Census. In "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000", the Census Bureau tabulated the surnames of all people who had obtained Social Security Numbers by the year 2000.
TOWNSEND
ranks #
444
in terms of the most common surnames in America for 2000.
TOWNSEND
had
66,853
occurrences in the 2000 Census, according the U.S. government records.
Out of a sample of 100,000 people in the United States,
TOWNSEND
would occur an average of
24.78
times.
Race / ethnic origin
The race categories shown in these files are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups: "White only", "Black only", "American Indian and Alaskan Native only", "Asian and Pacific Islander only", "Two or More Races", and "Hispanic".
For the last name of
TOWNSEND
the Census Bureau reports the following race / ethnic origin breakdown:
70.59 percent, or 47,192 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic White Only"
25.03 percent, or 16,733 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic Black Only"
0.43 percent, or 287 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic Asian and Pacific Islander Only"
0.75 percent, or 501 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaskan Native"
1.62 percent, or 1,083 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic of Two or More Races"
1.59 percent, or 1,063 total occurrences, were "Hispanic Origin"
NOTE: Fields suppressed for confidentiality are assigned the value "Insignificant"
The presentation of data on this site focuses on summarized aggregates of counts and characteristics associated with surnames, and, as such, do not in any way identify any specific individuals.
All data is derived from David L. Word, Charles D. Coleman, Robert Nunziata and Robert Kominski (2008). "Demographic Aspects of Surnames from Census 2000". U.S. Census Bureau.
All data on this page pertains to the name
TOWNSEND