The surname Townsel
A surname, carried by 1,412 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex T524
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,412 people named Townsel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 218,658 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,293.
#19,223
rank among US surnames
1,412
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+9.2%
change since 2000 (was #19,376)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #19,223 | Townsel | 1,412 | 218,658 |
| #19,229 | Beehler | 1,411 | 218,813 |
Who is named Townsel
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
77% of people named Townsel identified as Black (not Hispanic), 17% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.
- Black (not Hispanic) 77%
- White (not Hispanic) 17%
- Two or more races 3.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Townsel
Townsel has the Soundex code T524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code T524.
Questions
- How common is the surname Townsel?
- 1,412 people in the United States had the surname Townsel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 218,658 Americans. It ranked 19,223rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Townsel?
- In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Townsel identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 17% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Townsel getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,293 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,412 in 2010, up 9.2%.