as a Last Name
- 1,468
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Tawney
Meaning & Origins
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from either of two places, Saint-Aubin-du-Thennay or Saint-Jean-du-Thennay, in Eure, Normandy, both so named from an uncertain first element (possibly a Gallo-Roman personal name or the Gaulish word tann ‘oak’, ‘holly’) + the locative suffix -acum.
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,468
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Tawney per capita
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