Frequency: (717)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English: variant of Towne.
2. French (Champagne): possibly from a shortened form of the personal name Opportune, which was borne by an 8thcentury abbess of Montreuil.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
