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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 Crowden, with 2 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1701Crowden24.43x
1702Cudmore22.76x
1703Cumpsty29.17x
1704Curbishley215.34x
1705Cusack23.66x
1706Dallow23.12x
1707Darlow21.86x
1708Davids25.40x
1709Dickin23.24x
1710Diller223.78x
1711Don21.71x
1712Donely28.32x
1713Donley24.70x
1714Dowdeswell23.09x
1715Duncalf23.86x
1716Durber24.98x
1717Durden23.12x
1718Durie22.32x
1719Dutch23.37x
1720Eddon211.00x
1721Edgecombe22.64x
1722Emm25.34x
1723Fabian25.45x
1724Falk29.17x
1725Fazakerley24.38x
1726Fears210.31x
1727Fenley220.10x
1728Fereday22.81x
1729Files25.04x
1730Fitten223.78x
1731Fitzhugh23.65x
1732Flaharty28.83x
1733Flecher219.10x
1734Flin210.13x
1735Fraine218.20x
1736Frodsham23.13x
1737Fullar220.10x
1738Fury24.32x
1739Gaskarth214.20x
1740Gidman24.90x
1741Gilbank26.89x
1742Ginty29.47x
1743Givan219.42x
1744Glazebrook22.17x
1745Glue24.90x
1746Gogarty240.16x
1747Gomer25.27x
1748Gorham21.94x
1749Greggs29.47x
1750Grimley21.83x
1751Gubbins22.28x
1752Hadson212.80x
1753Haggerty22.10x
1754Halladay26.81x
1755Halse22.61x
1756Hamill22.28x
1757Hamlyn21.64x
1758Hargreave23.06x
1759Hartmann210.79x
1760Hendrick24.32x
1761Hirsch28.09x
1762Hitchell277.82x
1763Hodgekinson212.67x
1764Holby231.50x
1765Holliwell28.57x
1766Horman25.58x
1767Houchin25.98x
1768Houlton21.82x
1769Howat21.27x
1770Hoye25.47x
1771Hudders229.15x
1772Huddlestone22.24x
1773Hughan28.26x
1774Iglesias2588.24x
1775Janus2588.24x
1776Kellie25.11x
1777Kenway25.80x
1778Killeen23.85x
1779Kilshaw22.93x
1780Kinrade24.02x
1781Kinsman21.93x
1782Knock22.05x
1783Langan22.53x
1784Lansdale24.76x
1785Larken212.14x
1786Larkham210.31x
1787Lathan29.79x
1788Lavan29.32x
1789Lawrenson21.38x
1790Leaming27.52x
1791Leason23.87x
1792Leeks22.94x
1793Leicester21.73x
1794Lenz238.84x
1795Levi21.66x
1796Lightburn27.37x
1797Lightford255.56x
1798Longrigg27.82x
1799Lorton29.10x
1800Loyden225.32x