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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 Fantham, with 19 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.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1901Fantham1918.25x
1902Finan1911.25x
1903Flaherty192.52x
1904Gamble190.54x
1905Garton191.57x
1906Gay190.58x
1907Gething194.79x
1908Grosvenor193.48x
1909Grundy190.38x
1910Gunn190.32x
1911Hacket196.18x
1912Hammerton192.98x
1913Haven1916.56x
1914Heard190.73x
1915Henshaw190.91x
1916Hind190.61x
1917Hinds191.12x
1918Hogan190.77x
1919Holton191.50x
1920Hopwood190.68x
1921Hoskins190.79x
1922Howle1913.47x
1923Jayes197.15x
1924Lathbury1912.13x
1925Linley192.17x
1926Lutwyche1936.21x
1927Mansfield190.41x
1928Monks190.96x
1929Moorcroft192.33x
1930Morrell190.82x
1931Mucklow199.58x
1932Nield191.13x
1933Oldbury198.58x
1934Olds196.21x
1935Organ191.94x
1936Pilley195.97x
1937Platts191.16x
1938Rastall197.50x
1939Rosser191.06x
1940Ruston192.72x
1941Salisbury190.78x
1942Saville190.85x
1943Siviter198.05x
1944Spalding191.08x
1945Speake195.08x
1946Suckling192.64x
1947Thay1942.15x
1948Thurstan1936.79x
1949Tuckey193.82x
1950Tuckley1910.53x
1951Tysall1923.18x
1952Wheelwright195.48x
1953Willmott191.23x
1954Willock195.78x
1955Audley187.73x
1956Aulton1818.45x
1957Bartholomew180.91x
1958Barwell182.36x
1959Baugh182.04x
1960Beddall185.63x
1961Bode1815.14x
1962Bodfish1817.85x
1963Bonas1815.91x
1964Brace181.28x
1965Bradburn181.84x
1966Bricknell184.04x
1967Bushill1812.26x
1968Cadd186.99x
1969Caden1827.80x
1970Chesterton184.67x
1971Chiswell185.93x
1972Clowes181.32x
1973Cobb180.52x
1974Colton182.19x
1975Compson1814.74x
1976Cordwell183.68x
1977Coxon180.96x
1978Cracknell181.06x
1979Culverwell184.44x
1980Devereux182.71x
1981Devitt185.87x
1982Devonport182.67x
1983Dewsbury184.77x
1984Dix180.74x
1985Elliman1811.68x
1986Elliot180.29x
1987Everill1811.80x
1988Fennell181.57x
1989Fereday185.30x
1990Fields181.53x
1991Frisby181.70x
1992Gilligan182.87x
1993Gilliver186.76x
1994Greasley183.10x
1995Hague180.47x
1996Hallam180.39x
1997Harker180.70x
1998Hazleton1819.43x
1999Horsfall180.73x
2000Hubball189.76x