Last name: TOWNSON
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Last name frequency
TOWNSON : This last name is indexed 19,767 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
TOWNSON : English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): north Lancashire pronunciation of Tomlinson. Compare Ronson for Rollinson. There may have been some confusion with Townsend which occurs in northwestern England and some instances of Townson are probably variants of Townsend.
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