1881 census place

Birkenhead surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Birkenhead, Cheshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

2,432 surnames are listed for Birkenhead, Cheshire, covering 29,780 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Newburn, with 7 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Birkenhead

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
901	Newburn	7	0.010%	41.20x
902	Nourse	7	0.010%	32.36x
903	Obrian	7	0.010%	4.15x
904	Ogrady	7	0.010%	16.51x
905	Orford	7	0.010%	5.47x
906	Parris	7	0.010%	5.10x
907	Picton	7	0.010%	4.00x
908	Powis	7	0.010%	3.57x
909	Rathbone	7	0.010%	2.45x
910	Rearden	7	0.010%	17.97x
911	Rilly	7	0.010%	71.57x
912	Ruddy	7	0.010%	8.34x
913	Sankey	7	0.010%	3.29x
914	Saul	7	0.010%	2.67x
915	Scragg	7	0.010%	4.20x
916	Sellars	7	0.010%	2.20x
917	Severn	7	0.010%	4.48x
918	Shoosmith	7	0.010%	24.87x
919	Silverwood	7	0.010%	6.36x
920	Singlehurst	7	0.010%	40.79x
921	Skerrett	7	0.010%	23.17x
922	Skyrme	7	0.010%	14.99x
923	Smethurst	7	0.010%	1.78x
924	Speakman	7	0.010%	2.96x
925	Sproat	7	0.010%	6.94x
926	Starkie	7	0.010%	4.26x
927	Stclair	7	0.010%	25.97x
928	Strangward	7	0.010%	26.32x
929	Strother	7	0.010%	16.44x
930	Timmins	7	0.010%	1.69x
931	Todhunter	7	0.010%	9.42x
932	Treanor	7	0.010%	49.72x
933	Tushingham	7	0.010%	30.66x
934	Waddle	7	0.010%	11.55x
935	Walpole	7	0.010%	3.46x
936	Wane	7	0.010%	13.73x
937	Warnock	7	0.010%	6.26x
938	Warr	7	0.010%	2.39x
939	Welford	7	0.010%	4.89x
940	Wilmer	7	0.010%	13.97x
941	Woodworth	7	0.010%	9.00x
942	Worthy	7	0.010%	5.59x
943	Yeo	7	0.010%	2.59x
944	Younger	7	0.010%	2.52x
945	Ainge	6	0.010%	8.57x
946	Ally	6	0.010%	100.00x
947	Apter	6	0.010%	64.72x
948	Ashbrook	6	0.010%	12.71x
949	Baistow	6	0.010%	36.04x
950	Bannell	6	0.010%	44.25x
951	Barff	6	0.010%	30.40x
952	Bettley	6	0.010%	21.99x
953	Bickley	6	0.010%	2.82x
954	Boult	6	0.010%	7.06x
955	Bowdon	6	0.010%	11.65x
956	Brookfield	6	0.010%	4.06x
957	Burghall	6	0.010%	48.54x
958	Calverley	6	0.010%	5.51x
959	Can	6	0.010%	30.93x
960	Carran	6	0.010%	19.64x
961	Carrol	6	0.010%	2.58x
962	Carswell	6	0.010%	3.19x
963	Casement	6	0.010%	31.78x
964	Challoner	6	0.010%	4.77x
965	Cheverton	6	0.010%	12.14x
966	Clayworth	6	0.010%	43.70x
967	Cleverley	6	0.010%	9.87x
968	Coen	6	0.010%	40.19x
969	Coffey	6	0.010%	3.82x
970	Cogbill	6	0.010%	125.00x
971	Cohan	6	0.010%	49.26x
972	Colbert	6	0.010%	7.05x
973	Comer	6	0.010%	4.53x
974	Coston	6	0.010%	20.68x
975	Cotterall	6	0.010%	17.14x
976	Courtis	6	0.010%	16.81x
977	Cruse	6	0.010%	4.03x
978	Daft	6	0.010%	4.79x
979	Delamore	6	0.010%	47.89x
980	Denman	6	0.010%	2.62x
981	Denning	6	0.010%	3.04x
982	Dicken	6	0.010%	4.15x
983	Dobbin	6	0.010%	7.42x
984	Dugan	6	0.010%	6.00x
985	Exon	6	0.010%	21.85x
986	Eyton	6	0.010%	23.78x
987	Faragher	6	0.010%	9.10x
988	Fennah	6	0.010%	46.62x
989	Ferrier	6	0.010%	2.01x
990	Flannery	6	0.010%	5.87x
991	Formston	6	0.010%	75.95x
992	Foulks	6	0.010%	11.61x
993	Fray	6	0.010%	6.94x
994	Friendship	6	0.010%	27.10x
995	Gaffney	6	0.010%	3.44x
996	Germon	6	0.010%	41.12x
997	Getley	6	0.010%	64.72x
998	Greenhow	6	0.010%	5.93x
999	Greenough	6	0.010%	4.62x
1000	Harbord	6	0.010%	10.10x