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 Kirkham, with 24 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
1601	Kirkham	24	0.010%	0.70x
1602	Linforth	24	0.010%	17.43x
1603	London	24	0.010%	1.96x
1604	Minton	24	0.010%	2.89x
1605	Paddock	24	0.010%	3.83x
1606	Percival	24	0.010%	0.62x
1607	Postans	24	0.010%	19.39x
1608	Poyser	24	0.010%	3.66x
1609	Raybould	24	0.010%	3.24x
1610	Sandford	24	0.010%	1.37x
1611	Sherlock	24	0.010%	1.45x
1612	Slide	24	0.010%	50.48x
1613	Soden	24	0.010%	5.99x
1614	Sparks	24	0.010%	0.65x
1615	Staite	24	0.010%	9.26x
1616	Swan	24	0.010%	0.38x
1617	Tabberner	24	0.010%	39.57x
1618	Tedstone	24	0.010%	20.05x
1619	Tilley	24	0.010%	0.74x
1620	Treadwell	24	0.010%	3.75x
1621	Trevor	24	0.010%	3.15x
1622	Ware	24	0.010%	0.59x
1623	Whittingham	24	0.010%	1.30x
1624	Willington	24	0.010%	8.22x
1625	Willmot	24	0.010%	6.61x
1626	Withey	24	0.010%	3.87x
1627	Wykes	24	0.010%	2.80x
1628	Amos	23	0.010%	0.57x
1629	Andrew	23	0.010%	0.30x
1630	Arrowsmith	23	0.010%	1.21x
1631	Baggott	23	0.010%	3.22x
1632	Ballinger	23	0.010%	2.96x
1633	Bashford	23	0.010%	2.81x
1634	Beer	23	0.010%	0.59x
1635	Berrington	23	0.010%	5.18x
1636	Bingham	23	0.010%	0.64x
1637	Blizzard	23	0.010%	9.17x
1638	Bloomer	23	0.010%	3.13x
1639	Blunn	23	0.010%	12.14x
1640	Bough	23	0.010%	5.75x
1641	Breese	23	0.010%	3.50x
1642	Caney	23	0.010%	10.39x
1643	Cassidy	23	0.010%	0.77x
1644	Clare	23	0.010%	0.65x
1645	Costin	23	0.010%	5.77x
1646	Coton	23	0.010%	10.24x
1647	Darlaston	23	0.010%	33.41x
1648	Devall	23	0.010%	12.30x
1649	Dewson	23	0.010%	15.94x
1650	Dickens	23	0.010%	0.90x
1651	Elkington	23	0.010%	2.49x
1652	Ellard	23	0.010%	5.42x
1653	Garrington	23	0.010%	14.46x
1654	Halley	23	0.010%	2.49x
1655	Hardcastle	23	0.010%	1.06x
1656	Hester	23	0.010%	2.52x
1657	Higginbotham	23	0.010%	3.63x
1658	Hinley	23	0.010%	15.33x
1659	Huband	23	0.010%	9.71x
1660	Huxley	23	0.010%	2.08x
1661	Iles	23	0.010%	1.21x
1662	Jarratt	23	0.010%	4.07x
1663	Kempster	23	0.010%	2.67x
1664	Leedham	23	0.010%	3.49x
1665	Leeson	23	0.010%	1.62x
1666	Legge	23	0.010%	2.10x
1667	Lovekin	23	0.010%	21.42x
1668	Lowndes	23	0.010%	2.79x
1669	Mackay	23	0.010%	0.26x
1670	Mackie	23	0.010%	0.44x
1671	Malins	23	0.010%	7.64x
1672	Mapp	23	0.010%	4.86x
1673	Meacham	23	0.010%	4.62x
1674	Mellows	23	0.010%	5.44x
1675	Mercer	23	0.010%	0.36x
1676	Merriman	23	0.010%	2.56x
1677	Millichamp	23	0.010%	11.36x
1678	Paling	23	0.010%	4.16x
1679	Reaney	23	0.010%	5.52x
1680	Scandrett	23	0.010%	15.50x
1681	Slatter	23	0.010%	2.36x
1682	South	23	0.010%	0.99x
1683	Stacey	23	0.010%	0.42x
1684	Stansbie	23	0.010%	35.52x
1685	Stuart	23	0.010%	0.39x
1686	Thorley	23	0.010%	1.44x
1687	Tidmarsh	23	0.010%	4.71x
1688	Tisdale	23	0.010%	12.64x
1689	Toney	23	0.010%	21.58x
1690	Trinder	23	0.010%	2.39x
1691	Varley	23	0.010%	0.68x
1692	Waring	23	0.010%	0.75x
1693	Wynn	23	0.010%	1.08x
1694	Beetlestone	22	0.010%	22.55x
1695	Blood	22	0.010%	2.24x
1696	Blyth	22	0.010%	0.57x
1697	Brecknell	22	0.010%	20.03x
1698	Bridgewater	22	0.010%	3.86x
1699	Byrne	22	0.010%	0.64x
1700	Cadman	22	0.010%	1.10x