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UK surname

Burchall

In the 1881 census there were 302 people recorded with the Burchall surname, ranking it #9,673 among surnames in the records. By 2016, the modern count was 140, ranked #24,865, down from #9,673 in 1881.

The strongest historical links point to London parishes, Wigan and Manchester. In the modern distribution records, the strongest local clusters include Swindon, Cheshire West and Chester and Wigan.

Across the surname records, the highest recorded count for Burchall is 326 in 1891. Compared with 1881, the name has fallen by 53.6%.

1881 census count

302

Ranked #9,673

Modern count

140

2016, ranked #24,865

Peak year

1891

326 bearers

Map years

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1851 to 2016

Key insights

  • Burchall had 302 recorded bearers in 1881, making it the #9,673 surname in that year.
  • The latest modern count shown here is 140 in 2016, ranked #24,865.
  • Within the historical census years, the highest count was 326 in 1891.
  • The contemporary neighbourhood profile most associated with the surname is Rural Amenity.

Burchall surname distribution map

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

Distribution map

Burchall surname density by area, 1881 census.

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Timeline

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Burchall 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 257 #8,596
1861 historical 220 #11,076
1881 historical 302 #9,673
1891 historical 326 #10,405
1901 historical 278 #12,252
1911 historical 236 #13,452
1997 modern 152 #20,948
1998 modern 144 #22,221
1999 modern 153 #21,551
2000 modern 144 #22,357
2001 modern 145 #21,951
2002 modern 143 #22,595
2003 modern 137 #22,939
2004 modern 134 #23,425
2005 modern 127 #24,178
2006 modern 121 #25,133
2007 modern 126 #24,860
2008 modern 123 #25,505
2009 modern 130 #25,176
2010 modern 139 #24,688
2011 modern 135 #24,922
2012 modern 140 #24,376
2013 modern 142 #24,547
2014 modern 144 #24,504
2015 modern 139 #24,956
2016 modern 140 #24,865

Geography

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Where Burchalls are most common

Historical parish links are strongest around London parishes, Wigan, Manchester, Lambeth and Enfield. These are the places where the surname stands out most clearly in the older records.

The modern local-area list points to Swindon, Cheshire West and Chester and Wigan. 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 3
2 Wigan Lancashire
3 Manchester Lancashire
4 Lambeth London (South Districts)
5 Enfield Middlesex (Exclusive Of London Districts)

Top modern areas

Rank Area District
1 Swindon 009 Swindon
2 Cheshire West and Chester 001 Cheshire West and Chester
3 Wigan 009 Wigan
4 Swindon 013 Swindon
5 Wigan 012 Wigan

Forenames

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First names often paired with Burchall

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

Modern profile

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Neighbourhood profile for Burchall

Modern surname records can be compared with neighbourhood classifications. For Burchall, 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 Burchall surname is most associated with neighbourhoods classed as Rural Amenity, within Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanities. This does not mean every Burchall 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

Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles

Group

Established Homeowners with Children

Within London, Burchall is most associated with areas classed as Established Homeowners with Children, part of Professional Employment and Family Lifecycles. 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

These predominantly British-born residents are typically married/in civil partnerships and own the properties in which they are raising their children. Parents are typically over 45, and many other residents are beyond normal retirement age. Detached and semi-detached houses predominate and multiple car ownership is common.

Wider London pattern

These neighbourhoods house people of all ages, predominantly of White British or European extraction. Resident turnover is low. Religious affiliation is less common than average and tends to be Christian if expressed. Homeownership, typically of terraced houses, is common but use of the social rented sector is not. Employment is typically in professional, managerial and associate professional or technical occupations. There are few full-time students. Level 4 qualifications are common. More households lack dependent children than have them which, considered alongside low levels of crowding and over-all age structure, indicates that many households may be post child-rearing and in late middle age. Incidence of disability is low, as is residence in communal establishments.

Healthy neighbourhoods

Access to healthy assets and hazards

Burchall is most concentrated in decile 5 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

Burchall falls in decile 9 for neighbourhood deprivation. This puts the surname towards the less 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 Burchall is most associated with a typical fixed broadband download band of 60-70 mbit/s.

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

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Slower band Faster band

Area snapshot

Ethnic group estimate

Most common ethnic group estimate
White - British

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

1881 census detail

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Burchall families in the 1881 census

These tables use 1881 census entries for people recorded with the Burchall 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. Lancashire leads with 96 Burchalls recorded in 1881 and an index of 2.75x.

County Total Index
Lancashire 96 2.75x
Middlesex 48 1.63x
Surrey 27 1.88x
Sussex 27 5.44x
Hampshire 15 2.48x
Essex 12 2.06x
Staffordshire 12 1.21x
Northamptonshire 11 3.97x
Kent 10 0.99x
Cheshire 7 1.08x
Hertfordshire 6 2.95x
Wiltshire 6 2.30x
Devon 5 0.82x
Flintshire 5 6.31x
Shropshire 4 1.57x
Yorkshire 3 0.10x
Bedfordshire 2 1.31x
Cumberland 1 0.39x
Dorset 1 0.52x
Midlothian 1 0.25x
Renfrewshire 1 0.44x
Warwickshire 1 0.13x
Worcestershire 1 0.26x

Top districts and towns

Districts give a more local view than counties. Total shows raw records, while frequency and index show local concentration. Billingshurst in Sussex leads with 17 Burchalls recorded in 1881 and an index of 1042.94x.

Place Total Index
Billingshurst 17 1042.94x
Wigan 12 24.57x
Enfield 10 51.73x
Everton 10 8.98x
Lambeth 10 3.89x
Kettering 9 80.29x
Great Bolton 8 17.28x
Newcastle Under Lyme 7 39.77x
Prescot 7 110.76x
St Maurice Winchester 7 278.88x
Tilmanstone 7 1891.89x
Ashton In Makerfield 6 60.30x
Ashton Under Lyne 6 7.85x
Barthomley 6 1578.95x
Bromley London 6 9.26x
Eccleston In Prescot 6 34.19x
Hackney London 6 3.63x
Hampton London 6 123.97x
Limehouse London 6 18.55x
Merstham 6 659.34x
Swindon 6 29.69x
Halkin 5 359.71x
Horsham 5 51.81x
Mile End Old Town London 5 7.97x
Newton In Makerfield 5 46.73x
Plymouth St Andrew 5 10.58x
South Shoebury 5 213.68x
Wavertree 5 44.68x
Burslem 4 14.04x
Coulsdon 4 153.26x
Droxford 4 173.91x
Fobbing 4 930.23x
Hertingfordbury 4 481.93x
St Pancras London 4 1.69x
West Derby 4 3.91x
Farnborough 3 47.32x
Halliwell 3 23.58x
Liverpool 3 1.41x
Parr 3 23.98x
Bootle Cum Linacre 2 7.20x
Bradford 2 2.83x
Camberwell 2 1.06x
Crumpsall 2 24.27x
Dagenham 2 57.80x
Haydock 2 33.22x
Heath Reach 2 185.19x
Hemel Hempstead 2 21.86x
Hove 2 9.18x
Newchurch 2 6.99x
Nuthurst 2 243.90x
Preston 2 2.14x
Shrewsbury St Alkmond 2 141.84x
Streatham 2 9.15x
Warrington 2 4.83x
Barrow In Furness 1 2.10x
Beddington 1 18.02x
Chatham 1 3.62x
Cleator 1 9.47x
Daventry 1 25.51x
Drayton In Hales 1 19.05x
Dudley 1 2.14x
Ealing 1 3.80x
Edinburgh St Stephens 1 12.87x
Erskine 1 60.24x
Hammersmith London 1 1.38x
Kensington London 1 0.61x
Kirkdale 1 1.70x
Maidstone 1 3.34x
Milton In Gravesend 1 6.64x
Much Woolton 1 21.10x
Newton In Ashton Under 1 15.58x
Pemberton 1 7.17x
Reigate Borough 1 30.21x
Richmond 1 21.93x
Shrewsbury St Chad 1 11.20x
Sutton 1 8.53x
Trentham 1 11.82x
West Moulsey 1 149.25x
Westminster St Margaret 1 7.04x
Yardley Hastings 1 84.03x

Top female names

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

Name Count
Mary 24
Elizabeth 14
Emily 6
Sarah 6
Ellen 5
Hannah 5
Margaret 5
Emma 4
Louisa 4
Annie 3
Catherine 3
Eliza 3
Kate 3
Alice 2
Ann 2
Caroline 2
Charlotte 2
Clara 2
Edith 2
Esther 2
Martha 2
Sophia 2
Teresa 2
Amy 1
Anne 1
Clare 1
E.A.S. 1
Elisabeth 1
Elizbth. 1
Fanny 1
Frances 1
Gertrude 1
Harriet 1
Honora 1
Infant 1
Jane 1
Julia 1
Lavinia 1
Lettica 1
Lois 1
M. 1
Maggie 1
Maria 1
Pheobe 1
Phoebe 1
Rebecca 1
Rose 1
Roseanna 1
S.M. 1
V.J. 1

Top male names

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

Name Count
John 18
William 18
James 14
Thomas 12
Charles 10
George 10
Albert 8
Joseph 8
Richard 6
Edward 5
Henry 5
Peter 5
Alfred 3
Fredk. 3
Harry 3
Samuel 3
Benedict 2
Ernest 2
Francis 2
Thos. 2
Walter 2
A. 1
Andrew 1
Anthony 1
Arthur 1
Benjamin 1
David 1
Denis 1
Eliss 1
Frederick 1
Herbert 1
Josiah 1
Lucy 1
Maurice 1
Ricd. 1
Robert 1
Sidney 1
Sydney 1
T. 1
Tom 1
Uriah 1
Valentine 1

FAQ

Burchall surname: questions and answers

How common was the Burchall surname in 1881?

In 1881, 302 people were recorded with the Burchall surname. That placed it at #9,673 in the surname rankings for that year.

How common is the Burchall surname today?

The latest modern count shown here is 140 in 2016. That gives Burchall a modern rank of #24,865.

What does the Burchall map show?

The map shows local surname concentration for the selected year. Darker areas have a stronger concentration of Burchall 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.