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Towne Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived in a village, as
opposed to an outlying farm or hamlet, from Middle English toun
(Old English tun, which originally meant ‘fence’ and then
‘enclosure’, although the sense ‘settlement, village’ was already
firmly established in the Old English period) adm.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Towne Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Towne families
 104 - 206  35 - 103 |
 1 - 34  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Towne families
|
17 - 31 6 - 16 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Towne families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Towne census records
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Towne Family Origin
Towne Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Towne
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Towne Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Towne census records
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