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 Roach, with 15 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
401	Roach	15	0.030%	1.98x
402	Winchester	15	0.030%	7.66x
403	Arden	14	0.030%	11.33x
404	Beacall	14	0.030%	160.00x
405	Blything	14	0.030%	72.84x
406	Caton	14	0.030%	5.68x
407	Coomber	14	0.030%	6.07x
408	Corcoran	14	0.030%	5.65x
409	Costello	14	0.030%	4.46x
410	Coward	14	0.030%	2.38x
411	Dempster	14	0.030%	3.87x
412	Egan	14	0.030%	3.28x
413	Hickey	14	0.030%	4.37x
414	Kearney	14	0.030%	5.87x
415	Lear	14	0.030%	4.66x
416	Mahon	14	0.030%	6.14x
417	Mannion	14	0.030%	10.48x
418	Mckay	14	0.030%	11.38x
419	Mclean	14	0.030%	10.68x
420	Mealor	14	0.030%	47.98x
421	Oneil	14	0.030%	2.71x
422	Oxton	14	0.030%	47.98x
423	Palin	14	0.030%	6.35x
424	Popplewell	14	0.030%	8.31x
425	Povey	14	0.030%	4.50x
426	Prescott	14	0.030%	1.93x
427	Raven	14	0.030%	3.24x
428	Rolands	14	0.030%	60.42x
429	Snape	14	0.030%	2.95x
430	Acton	13	0.030%	4.37x
431	Balshaw	13	0.030%	12.24x
432	Beswick	13	0.030%	2.59x
433	Capper	13	0.030%	4.81x
434	Cheshire	13	0.030%	3.28x
435	Cotgrave	13	0.030%	126.21x
436	Crosby	13	0.030%	2.14x
437	Curry	13	0.030%	1.77x
438	Dempsey	13	0.030%	4.03x
439	Diamond	13	0.030%	5.44x
440	Dogherty	13	0.030%	34.58x
441	Dow	13	0.030%	2.10x
442	Egerton	13	0.030%	5.15x
443	Fairhurst	13	0.030%	3.09x
444	Farrall	13	0.030%	12.77x
445	Finegan	13	0.030%	29.70x
446	Frazer	13	0.030%	3.26x
447	Gamlin	13	0.030%	28.05x
448	Garnham	13	0.030%	5.33x
449	Godwin	13	0.030%	1.95x
450	Graney	13	0.030%	45.36x
451	Graves	13	0.030%	1.67x
452	Gregson	13	0.030%	1.83x
453	Grimes	13	0.030%	2.19x
454	Gunning	13	0.030%	6.93x
455	Haggarty	13	0.030%	13.13x
456	Halliwell	13	0.030%	2.28x
457	Hesketh	13	0.030%	2.64x
458	Higginson	13	0.030%	2.53x
459	Highton	13	0.030%	11.19x
460	Hopwood	13	0.030%	2.22x
461	Ince	13	0.030%	5.08x
462	Keeley	13	0.030%	6.22x
463	Longshaw	13	0.030%	14.48x
464	Longworth	13	0.030%	3.96x
465	Maguire	13	0.030%	2.47x
466	Malcolm	13	0.030%	1.92x
467	Maloney	13	0.030%	3.06x
468	Montgomery	13	0.030%	1.59x
469	Mulholland	13	0.030%	6.80x
470	Poynton	13	0.030%	15.18x
471	Rule	13	0.030%	3.69x
472	Shone	13	0.030%	6.21x
473	Spark	13	0.030%	5.75x
474	Stretch	13	0.030%	11.27x
475	Topping	13	0.030%	3.67x
476	Trainor	13	0.030%	20.47x
477	Willoughby	13	0.030%	2.91x
478	Birchall	12	0.020%	2.38x
479	Braidwood	12	0.020%	16.30x
480	Broadfield	12	0.020%	30.80x
481	Brodrick	12	0.020%	18.59x
482	Bulgin	12	0.020%	39.28x
483	Bushell	12	0.020%	2.41x
484	Carney	12	0.020%	2.58x
485	Collings	12	0.020%	1.96x
486	Connolly	12	0.020%	2.01x
487	Coyle	12	0.020%	3.44x
488	Cray	12	0.020%	12.12x
489	Creighton	12	0.020%	5.92x
490	Crutchley	12	0.020%	8.59x
491	Danson	12	0.020%	10.45x
492	Devey	12	0.020%	15.57x
493	Dobie	12	0.020%	6.98x
494	Entwistle	12	0.020%	1.34x
495	Gaskell	12	0.020%	2.28x
496	Gorman	12	0.020%	1.93x
497	Grainger	12	0.020%	1.52x
498	Harker	12	0.020%	2.22x
499	Headen	12	0.020%	59.26x
500	Holbrook	12	0.020%	3.24x