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UK surname

Bingham

A locational surname referring to someone from one of several places named Bingham in England, meaning "homestead of Binga's people."

In the 1881 census there were 4,395 people recorded with the Bingham surname, ranking it #1,019 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 6,855, ranked #982, up from #1,019 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to London parishes, Lenton, Radford, Papplewick, Nuthall, Greasley, Brewhouse Yard and Nottingham St Mary. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Sheffield, Newark and Sherwood and High Peak.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Bingham is 7,094 in 1999. Compared with 1881, the name has grown by 56.0%.

1881 census count

4,395

Ranked #1,019

Modern count

6,855

2016, ranked #982

Peak year

1999

7,094 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Bingham had 4,395 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #1,019 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 6,855 in 2016, ranked #982.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 5,728 in 1911.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Bingham surname distribution map

The map shows where the Bingham surname is concentrated in each census or modern distribution year. Darker areas mean a stronger local concentration.

Distribution map

Bingham surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Bingham over time

The table below tracks recorded surname counts and rank from the 19th-century census years through the modern adult-register period.

Year Period Count Rank
1851 historical 2,508 #1,185
1861 historical 2,542 #1,150
1881 historical 4,395 #1,019
1891 historical 4,522 #1,038
1901 historical 5,401 #1,035
1911 historical 5,728 #914
1997 modern 6,849 #948
1998 modern 7,067 #959
1999 modern 7,094 #964
2000 modern 6,995 #972
2001 modern 6,885 #965
2002 modern 7,030 #960
2003 modern 6,862 #958
2004 modern 6,823 #970
2005 modern 6,725 #972
2006 modern 6,736 #966
2007 modern 6,762 #973
2008 modern 6,787 #975
2009 modern 6,912 #983
2010 modern 7,028 #987
2011 modern 6,980 #976
2012 modern 6,783 #984
2013 modern 6,937 #983
2014 modern 6,993 #980
2015 modern 6,937 #979
2016 modern 6,855 #982

Geography

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Where Binghams are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around London parishes, Lenton, Radford, Papplewick, Nuthall, Greasley, Brewhouse Yard, Nottingham St Mary and Oldswinford. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Sheffield, Newark and Sherwood, High Peak, North East Derbyshire and Chesterfield. Treat these as concentration signals, not proof that every family line began there.

Some modern areas include a three-digit suffix, such as Leeds 110. The suffix is a small-area code, so it stays in the table while the prose uses the plain place name.

Top historical parishes

Rank Parish Area
1 London parishes London 1
2 Lenton, Radford, Papplewick, Nuthall, Greasley, Brewhouse Yard Nottinghamshire
3 London parishes London 3
4 Nottingham St Mary Nottinghamshire
5 Oldswinford Worcestershire

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Sheffield 075 Sheffield
2 Newark and Sherwood 003 Newark and Sherwood
3 High Peak 013 High Peak
4 North East Derbyshire 001 North East Derbyshire
5 Chesterfield 002 Chesterfield

Forenames

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First names often paired with Bingham

These lists show first names that appear often with the Bingham surname in historical and recent records.

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Bingham

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Bingham, this points to the kinds of places where the surname is most concentrated today.

These neighbourhood labels describe areas, not individual people. They are useful because surnames often cluster through family history, migration, housing patterns and local work. A surname can be strongest in one type of neighbourhood even when people with that name live across the country.

The UK classification gives the national picture. The London classification is more specific to the capital, where housing, age profile, tenure and population mix can look quite different from the rest of the UK.

UK neighbourhood type

UK Output Area Classification

Supergroup

Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities

Group

Rural Amenity

Nationally, the Bingham surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Bingham household fits that profile, but it gives a useful signal about where the modern surname distribution is strongest.

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Group profile

This Group comprises older parents or retirees, with no resident dependent children, and with the lowest residential densities in this Supergroup. Predominantly UK-born, residents typically live in detached houses, although others do live in semi-detached and terraced properties. The level of multiple car ownership is the highest in this Supergroup. Most houses are owner occupied although social renting is also present. Many concentrations occur in high amenity rural locations, such as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Wider pattern

Pervasive throughout the UK, members of this Supergroup typically own (or are buying) their detached, semi-detached or terraced homes. They are also typically educated to A Level/Highers or degree level and work in skilled or professional occupations. Typically born in the UK, some families have children, although the median adult age is above 45 and some property has become under-occupied after children have left home. This Supergroup is pervasive not only in suburban locations, but also in neighbourhoods at or beyond the edge of cities that adjoin rural parts of the country.

London neighbourhood type

London Output Area Classification

Supergroup

The Greater London Mix

Group

Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers

Within London, Bingham is most associated with areas classed as Social Rented Sector Professional Support Workers, part of The Greater London Mix. This gives the surname a London-specific profile rather than forcing the capital into the same pattern as the rest of the country.

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Group profile

Mainly located in Inner London, these neighbourhoods retain a diverse employment structure, with some concentration in associated professional and technical occupations rather than skilled trades or construction. Social renting is more common and levels of homeownership are low. Many residents identify as Black. There is a lower than average rate of marriage or civil partnership, few that are very old (85 or over) and higher than average incidence of disability.

Wider London pattern

A Supergroup embodying London's diversity in many respects, apart from low numbers of residents identifying as of Bangladeshi, Indian, Pakistani or Other (non-Chinese) Asian ethnicity. There is lower than average prevalence of families with dependent children, while there are above average occurrences of never-married individuals and single-person households. The age distribution is skewed towards younger, single residents and couples without children, with many individuals identifying as of mixed or multiple ethnicity. Social rented or private rented housing is slightly more prevalent than average, and many residents live in flats. Individuals typically work in professional and associated roles in public administration, education or health rather than in elementary occupations in agriculture, energy, water, construction or manufacturing. Incidence of students is slightly below average. Individuals declaring no religion are more prevalent than average and non-use of English at home is below average.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Bingham is most concentrated in decile 7 for access to healthy assets and hazards. This places the surname near the middle of the scale.

Lower deciles point towards weaker access to healthy assets or stronger exposure to local hazards. Higher deciles point towards stronger access and fewer hazards.

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Lower access Higher access

Neighbourhood deprivation

Index of Multiple Deprivation

Bingham falls in decile 1 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the more deprived end of the index.

Decile 1 represents the more deprived end of the scale. Decile 10 represents the less deprived end.

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More deprived Less deprived

Broadband speed

Fixed broadband download speed

The modern neighbourhood pattern for Bingham is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 30-40 mbit/s.

The scale below places that band in context, from slower local download bands through to faster ones.

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Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

This describes the area pattern most associated with Bingham, not the ethnicity of every person with the surname.

Meaning and origin of Bingham

The surname Bingham is of Anglo-Saxon origin, derived from the Old English words "binnan" meaning "within" and "ham" meaning "homestead" or "village". It likely originated as a place name referring to someone who lived within a particular village or settlement.

The earliest recorded instance of the name Bingham can be found in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it is listed as "Binghame" and "Bingheham", referring to locations in Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire. These place names likely gave rise to the surname, as it was common for people to take their last names from the towns or villages they lived in.

One of the earliest known bearers of the surname Bingham was Sir Richard Bingham, who lived in the 13th century and was a prominent landowner in Nottinghamshire. Another notable figure was Sir John Bingham (c. 1400-1460), a Member of Parliament and Sheriff of Nottinghamshire during the Wars of the Roses.

In the 16th century, the Bingham family became prominent landowners in Dorset, with Richard Bingham (c. 1528-1599) serving as Sheriff of Dorset and Somerset. His son, Sir Richard Bingham (1564-1657), was a notable military figure who served as Governor of Connaught in Ireland.

The 17th century saw the rise of George Bingham (1616-1668), a Parliamentarian officer during the English Civil War, and his son George Bingham (1668-1723), who became a wealthy landowner and Member of Parliament.

Other notable individuals with the surname Bingham include Hiram Bingham III (1875-1956), the American explorer and academic who rediscovered the Incan city of Machu Picchu in 1911, and Barry Bingham Sr. (1872-1923), an American judge and newspaper publisher who owned The Courier-Journal and The Louisville Times.

Sourced from namecensus.com.

1881 census detail

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Bingham families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Bingham surname. Use the location tables for concentration, then the name and occupation tables for the people behind the surname.

Top counties

Total is the county count. Frequency and index adjust for local population size, so they are better concentration signals. Yorkshire leads with 746 Binghams recorded in 1881 and an index of 1.75x.

County Total Index
Yorkshire 746 1.75x
Derbyshire 493 7.34x
Nottinghamshire 459 7.94x
Lancashire 442 0.87x
Middlesex 373 0.87x
Lincolnshire 370 5.39x
Kent 300 2.05x
Worcestershire 121 2.16x
Surrey 116 0.55x
Warwickshire 84 0.78x
Sussex 77 1.06x
Lanarkshire 67 0.48x
Northamptonshire 67 1.66x
Staffordshire 63 0.43x
Essex 59 0.70x
Gloucestershire 58 0.69x
Cheshire 51 0.54x
Hampshire 40 0.45x
Bedfordshire 39 1.76x
Huntingdonshire 30 3.52x
Cambridgeshire 27 0.99x
Glamorgan 27 0.36x
Northumberland 27 0.42x
Durham 24 0.19x
Norfolk 23 0.35x
Wiltshire 22 0.58x
Devon 19 0.21x
Midlothian 19 0.33x
Westmorland 19 2.01x
Leicestershire 18 0.38x
Ayrshire 17 0.53x
Hertfordshire 12 0.41x
Monmouthshire 10 0.32x
Buckinghamshire 9 0.35x
Renfrewshire 9 0.27x
Stirlingshire 8 0.51x
Cumberland 7 0.19x
Argyllshire 6 0.50x
Shropshire 6 0.16x
Dorset 5 0.18x
Royal Navy 5 0.98x
Somerset 4 0.06x
West Lothian 4 0.62x
Berkshire 3 0.09x
Suffolk 3 0.06x
Oxfordshire 2 0.08x
Angus 1 0.03x
Berwickshire 1 0.19x
Carmarthenshire 1 0.06x
Channel Islands 1 0.08x
Cornwall 1 0.02x
Isle of Man 1 0.13x
Kirkcudbrightshire 1 0.16x
Montgomeryshire 1 0.10x
Rutland 1 0.32x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Sheffield in Yorkshire leads with 159 Binghams recorded in 1881 and an index of 11.74x.

Place Total Index
Sheffield 159 11.74x
Ecclesall Bierlow 99 11.45x
Nottingham St Mary 90 6.02x
Nether Hallam 89 15.47x
Brightside Bierlow 74 8.87x
Gainsborough 57 35.24x
Liverpool 55 1.78x
Leeds 53 2.21x
Tibshelf 49 148.67x
Hampstead London 43 6.43x
Aston 41 1.38x
Dronfield 41 47.62x
Attercliffe Cum Darnall 39 9.85x
Islington London 38 0.91x
Ringwould 37 295.29x
Lye 34 36.46x
Worksop 33 19.24x
Chelsea London 32 2.47x
Pinxton 32 93.70x
Great Grimsby 31 7.12x
West Derby 31 2.08x
Wollescote 31 68.68x
Shadoxhurst 30 1063.83x
Glasgow 29 1.18x
Lambeth 29 0.78x
Shoreditch London 28 1.51x
Govan 27 0.79x
Litton 25 234.08x
Camberwell 24 0.88x
Luton 24 6.24x
Sutton On Trent 24 169.13x
Basford 23 8.63x
Birmingham 23 0.64x
Norton 23 41.55x
Derby St Werburgh 21 5.41x
Hackney London 21 0.87x
Bradford 20 1.94x
Holbeach 20 26.17x
Kimberworth 20 8.47x
Manchester 20 0.87x
Rotherham 20 8.34x
Alfreton 19 9.31x
Ashton Under Lyne 19 1.71x
Maxey 19 212.77x
Mile End Old Town London 19 2.08x
West Bromwich 19 2.29x
Whittlesey St Mary St 19 20.01x
Battersea 18 1.14x
Clerkenwell London 18 1.78x
Kidderminster Borough 18 5.49x
Snenton 18 7.92x
Barnsley 17 3.88x
Chesterfield 17 6.75x
Deeping St James 17 70.10x
Eckington 17 10.42x
Headcorn 17 77.52x
Kensington London 17 0.71x
Kingsnorth 16 178.37x
Kirton In Lindsey 16 58.85x
Litchurch 16 5.92x
Northampton St Sepulchre 16 7.79x
Pendleton In Salford 16 2.64x
Whitchurch 16 57.33x
Everton 15 0.92x
Gorton 15 3.13x
Plumstead 15 3.07x
Corringham 14 128.09x
Deal 14 11.21x
Newbold Dunston 14 21.93x
St Luke London 14 2.03x
Stanley 14 112.63x
Biddenden 13 64.87x
Harborne 13 2.80x
Kendal 13 7.53x
Newark Upon Trent 13 6.25x
Roath 13 3.83x
Salford 13 0.87x
St Marylebone London 13 0.57x
St Swithin Lincoln 13 12.05x
Sutton St Mary 13 20.04x

Top female names

These are the female first names most often recorded with the Bingham surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
Mary 336
Sarah 158
Elizabeth 157
Ann 94
Eliza 64
Emily 61
Emma 61
Jane 60
Ellen 59
Annie 58
Alice 47
Hannah 44
Martha 39
Charlotte 32
Harriet 32
Kate 30
Ada 29
Margaret 29
Maria 29
Fanny 26
Catherine 23
Lucy 23
Edith 22
Florence 21
Caroline 20
Clara 20
Frances 20
Agnes 17
Anne 17
Harriett 17
Louisa 17
Amelia 14
Julia 14
Susan 14
Esther 13
Rebecca 13
Matilda 12
Sophia 12
Gertrude 11
Elizth. 10
Isabella 10
Rose 10
Ruth 10
Minnie 9
Amy 7
Betsy 7
Dora 7
Jessie 6
Laura 6
Lizzie 6

Top male names

These are the male first names most often recorded with the Bingham surname in 1881. Names are not merged, so initials, variant spellings and transcription quirks can appear as separate rows.

Name Count
William 257
John 239
George 215
Thomas 135
James 117
Henry 80
Joseph 77
Charles 69
Samuel 52
Edward 44
Alfred 43
Arthur 43
Richard 42
Robert 39
Walter 37
Frederick 36
Albert 31
Harry 30
Frank 25
Herbert 20
Wm. 19
Benjamin 17
Edwin 17
David 12
Ernest 11
Francis 11
Matthew 10
Alexander 9
Isaac 9
Jas. 8
Fred 7
Tom 7
Geo. 6
Chas. 5
Daniel 5
Joshua 5
Maurice 5
Percy 5
Thos. 5
Edmund 4
Elijah 4
Fredk. 4
Richd. 4
Willie 4
Allen 3
Hugh 3
Jesse 3
Job 3
Sam 3
Saml. 3

FAQ

Bingham surname: questions and answers

How common was the Bingham surname in 1881?

In 1881, 4,395 people were recorded with the Bingham surname. That placed it at #1,019 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Bingham surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 6,855 in 2016. That gives Bingham a modern rank of #982.

What does the Bingham surname mean?

A locational surname referring to someone from one of several places named Bingham in England, meaning "homestead of Binga's people."

What does the Bingham map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Bingham bearers relative to the surrounding population.

What records is this surname page based on?

The historical counts come from census surname records. The modern counts and neighbourhood summaries come from later surname distribution records. Counts are recorded bearers in those records, not a live estimate of everyone with the name today.