How common is the surname Town?

2,357 people in the United States had the surname Town in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,991 Americans. It ranked 13,029th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Town getting more or less common?

More common. 2,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,357 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Town

A surname, carried by 2,357 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T500

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Town is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

From the noun town.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,357 people named Town in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,991 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,296.

#13,029

rank among US surnames

2,357

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #12,403)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,023	Knutsen	2,358	130,935
#13,029	Arvin	2,357	130,991
#13,034	Weight	2,356	131,046
#13,037	Cargile	2,355	131,102

Who is named Town

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

88% of people named Town identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.1%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Town

Town has the Soundex code T500, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T500.

Questions

Where does the surname Town come from?: From the noun town.
How common is the surname Town?: 2,357 people in the United States had the surname Town in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,991 Americans. It ranked 13,029th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Town?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Town identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Town getting more or less common?: More common. 2,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,357 in 2010, up 2.7%.