Last name: TOWN
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TOWN : This last name is indexed 106,296 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
TOWN : English (Yorkshire and Kent): topographic name from Middle English toun(e) t(h)one tun(e) ‘town village settlement’ (Old English tūn) often in the senses ‘primary settlement within an area’ ‘manor estate’ and ‘hamlet farm’ for someone who lived in such a place.
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