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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Townes, Charles Townes, Charles Hard Townesnoun

    United States physicist who developed the laser and maser principles for producing high-intensity radiation (1915-)

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  1. townes

    A Townes is often associated with the surname of an individual or family. Some notable people with this surname include Charles Hard Townes, an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics, and Townes Van Zandt, a renowned country music singer. However, without a specific context, it's generally considered as a last name.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. TOWNES

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Townes is ranked #6669 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Townes surname appeared 5,067 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Townes.

    67.1% or 3,402 total occurrences were Black.
    25.9% or 1,317 total occurrences were White.
    3% or 154 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.9% or 147 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.5% or 29 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.3% or 18 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of townes in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of townes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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