1881 census place

Birmingham surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Birmingham, Warwickshire 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

7,834 surnames are listed for Birmingham, Warwickshire, covering 214,800 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Trout, with 40 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Birmingham

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
1001	Trout	40	0.020%	8.38x
1002	Ainsworth	39	0.020%	0.80x
1003	Bibb	39	0.020%	18.37x
1004	Bissell	39	0.020%	5.35x
1005	Brampton	39	0.020%	11.19x
1006	Briscoe	39	0.020%	2.47x
1007	Brough	39	0.020%	1.30x
1008	Casey	39	0.020%	1.08x
1009	Chance	39	0.020%	3.43x
1010	Child	39	0.020%	0.93x
1011	Churchill	39	0.020%	1.34x
1012	Cotter	39	0.020%	4.19x
1013	Holyoak	39	0.020%	9.75x
1014	Jeffs	39	0.020%	2.03x
1015	Jolly	39	0.020%	1.12x
1016	Lilly	39	0.020%	2.61x
1017	Packer	39	0.020%	1.51x
1018	Pane	39	0.020%	18.16x
1019	Prescott	39	0.020%	1.13x
1020	Rudd	39	0.020%	1.01x
1021	Rutter	39	0.020%	1.04x
1022	Shenton	39	0.020%	2.48x
1023	Sweetman	39	0.020%	4.46x
1024	Symonds	39	0.020%	1.32x
1025	Toy	39	0.020%	4.31x
1026	Turvey	39	0.020%	3.38x
1027	Allsopp	38	0.020%	3.77x
1028	Callaghan	38	0.020%	1.37x
1029	Cannon	38	0.020%	0.85x
1030	Coney	38	0.020%	5.45x
1031	Forrest	38	0.020%	0.60x
1032	Gameson	38	0.020%	33.83x
1033	Grogan	38	0.020%	4.24x
1034	Harrington	38	0.020%	0.82x
1035	Hurst	38	0.020%	0.43x
1036	Judge	38	0.020%	1.43x
1037	Pittaway	38	0.020%	8.03x
1038	Proud	38	0.020%	3.03x
1039	Quinn	38	0.020%	0.81x
1040	Rea	38	0.020%	2.75x
1041	Richmond	38	0.020%	0.71x
1042	Ryland	38	0.020%	6.24x
1043	Shilton	38	0.020%	4.99x
1044	Simkins	38	0.020%	4.99x
1045	Stockall	38	0.020%	35.93x
1046	Tracey	38	0.020%	2.44x
1047	Westbury	38	0.020%	5.69x
1048	Whittall	38	0.020%	7.52x
1049	Wills	38	0.020%	0.52x
1050	Beardmore	37	0.020%	3.29x
1051	Bolt	37	0.020%	2.08x
1052	Bower	37	0.020%	0.82x
1053	Brazier	37	0.020%	1.61x
1054	Carey	37	0.020%	0.80x
1055	Clemson	37	0.020%	10.54x
1056	Connolly	37	0.020%	1.30x
1057	Emery	37	0.020%	0.69x
1058	Hipkins	37	0.020%	12.43x
1059	Hook	37	0.020%	1.02x
1060	Lennon	37	0.020%	4.27x
1061	Little	37	0.020%	0.32x
1062	Loach	37	0.020%	11.57x
1063	Manton	37	0.020%	3.53x
1064	Mead	37	0.020%	0.65x
1065	Moses	37	0.020%	1.47x
1066	Noakes	37	0.020%	2.06x
1067	Palser	37	0.020%	16.35x
1068	Patterson	37	0.020%	0.43x
1069	Poulton	37	0.020%	1.88x
1070	Sandland	37	0.020%	14.51x
1071	Sedgwick	37	0.020%	2.08x
1072	Sheath	37	0.020%	9.17x
1073	Shore	37	0.020%	1.40x
1074	Spinks	37	0.020%	2.23x
1075	Storer	37	0.020%	2.41x
1076	Tustin	37	0.020%	8.80x
1077	Woodhall	37	0.020%	3.74x
1078	Bamford	36	0.010%	0.97x
1079	Blythe	36	0.010%	1.93x
1080	Brinkworth	36	0.010%	6.92x
1081	Bruton	36	0.010%	4.35x
1082	Cherry	36	0.010%	1.43x
1083	Connell	36	0.010%	0.84x
1084	Farr	36	0.010%	0.99x
1085	Firkins	36	0.010%	16.82x
1086	Forster	36	0.010%	0.45x
1087	Goulding	36	0.010%	1.50x
1088	Hales	36	0.010%	1.02x
1089	Howse	36	0.010%	3.79x
1090	Lovell	36	0.010%	0.70x
1091	Mack	36	0.010%	1.46x
1092	Murcott	36	0.010%	25.68x
1093	Oldfield	36	0.010%	0.89x
1094	Peach	36	0.010%	1.36x
1095	Ridgway	36	0.010%	1.60x
1096	Simcox	36	0.010%	5.77x
1097	Wain	36	0.010%	1.75x
1098	Wilton	36	0.010%	1.52x
1099	Ashforth	35	0.010%	8.21x
1100	Bardell	35	0.010%	10.67x