How common is the surname Towns?

7,760 people in the United States had the surname Towns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,787 Americans. It ranked 4,569th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Towns?

Forrest Towns, American hurdler (1914–1991), followed by Edolphus Towns.

Where is the surname Towns most common?

Wikidata records people named Towns in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Towns getting more or less common?

More common. 7,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,760 in 2010, up 6.6%.

The surname Towns

A surname, carried by 7,760 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex T520

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Towns is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,760 people named Towns in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 39,787 Americans. That is up 6.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,278.

#4,569

rank among US surnames

7,760

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+6.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,486)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,560	Choe	7,776	39,705
#4,561	Barrows	7,773	39,720
#4,562	Dvorak	7,771	39,730
#4,563	Alejandro	7,770	39,736
#4,565	Keim	7,769	39,741
#4,567	Hitt	7,762	39,777
#4,568	Lapp	7,761	39,782

Who is named Towns

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

54% of people named Towns identified as Black (not Hispanic), 40% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Black (not Hispanic) 54%
White (not Hispanic) 40%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Townss

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Forrest Towns
American hurdler (1914–1991)
Edolphus Towns
American politician, born 1934
William Towns
British car designer, 1936–1993
George W. Towns
American politician (1801-1854)

Notable Townss come mostly from the United States (3) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Towns

Towns has the Soundex code T520, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T520.

Questions

How common is the surname Towns?: 7,760 people in the United States had the surname Towns in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 39,787 Americans. It ranked 4,569th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Towns?: In the 2010 Census, 54% of people named Towns identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 40% as white (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Towns?: Forrest Towns, American hurdler (1914–1991), followed by Edolphus Towns.
Where is the surname Towns most common?: Wikidata records people named Towns in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Towns getting more or less common?: More common. 7,278 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,760 in 2010, up 6.6%.