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 Postles, with 3 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
1601	Postles	3	0.010%	12.31x
1602	Pulford	3	0.010%	2.27x
1603	Purden	3	0.010%	11.73x
1604	Purdon	3	0.010%	3.15x
1605	Quine	3	0.010%	2.74x
1606	Quinlan	3	0.010%	2.65x
1607	Raftery	3	0.010%	10.04x
1608	Roose	3	0.010%	4.90x
1609	Rowen	3	0.010%	5.66x
1610	Roye	3	0.010%	48.54x
1611	Rylance	3	0.010%	3.92x
1612	Salsbury	3	0.010%	3.57x
1613	Satchwell	3	0.010%	3.86x
1614	Shakspeare	3	0.010%	24.27x
1615	Sharps	3	0.010%	8.83x
1616	Shearon	3	0.010%	48.54x
1617	Sherrett	3	0.010%	15.46x
1618	Shorten	3	0.010%	5.26x
1619	Sidley	3	0.010%	9.25x
1620	Skelly	3	0.010%	3.09x
1621	Southward	3	0.010%	2.79x
1622	Spruce	3	0.010%	2.89x
1623	Stanhope	3	0.010%	2.43x
1624	Syer	3	0.010%	5.43x
1625	Tainsh	3	0.010%	7.41x
1626	Tansey	3	0.010%	3.82x
1627	Thelwell	3	0.010%	6.13x
1628	Thornby	3	0.010%	11.06x
1629	Threadgold	3	0.010%	3.44x
1630	Timmis	3	0.010%	2.51x
1631	Trail	3	0.010%	3.20x
1632	Trivett	3	0.010%	4.91x
1633	Tulley	3	0.010%	2.83x
1634	Tyack	3	0.010%	6.77x
1635	Waddy	3	0.010%	17.66x
1636	Wamsley	3	0.010%	13.04x
1637	Warring	3	0.010%	11.28x
1638	Whalen	3	0.010%	6.50x
1639	Whitehall	3	0.010%	3.17x
1640	Wilber	3	0.010%	21.31x
1641	Willet	3	0.010%	6.50x
1642	Woodfine	3	0.010%	6.55x
1643	Woolard	3	0.010%	4.06x
1644	Yarker	3	0.010%	10.66x
1645	Aden	2	0.000%	16.65x
1646	Aldham	2	0.000%	9.47x
1647	Andersen	2	0.000%	6.98x
1648	Argyle	2	0.000%	2.33x
1649	Barmby	2	0.000%	6.55x
1650	Basson	2	0.000%	3.12x
1651	Batho	2	0.000%	3.76x
1652	Batkin	2	0.000%	6.27x
1653	Beddows	2	0.000%	2.02x
1654	Bendle	2	0.000%	3.61x
1655	Bergmann	2	0.000%	58.31x
1656	Bevington	2	0.000%	2.78x
1657	Bimson	2	0.000%	6.62x
1658	Binson	2	0.000%	89.69x
1659	Birkenhead	2	0.000%	5.37x
1660	Bithell	2	0.000%	2.70x
1661	Blease	2	0.000%	1.93x
1662	Bocking	2	0.000%	2.86x
1663	Boiling	2	0.000%	14.94x
1664	Booley	2	0.000%	10.22x
1665	Borrows	2	0.000%	2.70x
1666	Bramall	2	0.000%	1.46x
1667	Brampton	2	0.000%	2.74x
1668	Branscombe	2	0.000%	7.47x
1669	Bready	2	0.000%	9.96x
1670	Breckell	2	0.000%	9.10x
1671	Brennon	2	0.000%	8.89x
1672	Brenton	2	0.000%	1.90x
1673	Brewerton	2	0.000%	3.87x
1674	Bridden	2	0.000%	11.20x
1675	Broadfoot	2	0.000%	1.63x
1676	Broadribb	2	0.000%	12.67x
1677	Brougham	2	0.000%	3.71x
1678	Broxton	2	0.000%	6.62x
1679	Bulford	2	0.000%	7.28x
1680	Bullman	2	0.000%	4.05x
1681	Bunning	2	0.000%	3.69x
1682	Campble	2	0.000%	9.25x
1683	Canavan	2	0.000%	3.33x
1684	Catto	2	0.000%	2.06x
1685	Chaloner	2	0.000%	2.37x
1686	Chalton	2	0.000%	9.40x
1687	Chelton	2	0.000%	25.91x
1688	Chesney	2	0.000%	3.07x
1689	Chute	2	0.000%	11.43x
1690	Clague	2	0.000%	1.09x
1691	Clarey	2	0.000%	4.27x
1692	Clutton	2	0.000%	2.13x
1693	Cobbett	2	0.000%	2.00x
1694	Coffee	2	0.000%	3.12x
1695	Colborne	2	0.000%	3.33x
1696	Colling	2	0.000%	1.53x
1697	Commander	2	0.000%	7.52x
1698	Conlan	2	0.000%	2.15x
1699	Cregan	2	0.000%	6.74x
1700	Croney	2	0.000%	7.77x