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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 Silvers, with 14 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
2501Silvers1410.67x
2502Skelly143.02x
2503Sly141.51x
2504Sneath143.27x
2505Southerton1410.05x
2506Stacy141.96x
2507Stanyard149.13x
2508Suffield146.47x
2509Sylvester141.69x
2510Tallis146.03x
2511Teakle1411.62x
2512Tench143.94x
2513Tims142.60x
2514Trott140.87x
2515Vann142.56x
2516Wadhams1410.41x
2517Wellington141.21x
2518Wesley141.46x
2519Westbrook141.22x
2520Wheldon143.41x
2521Wight141.11x
2522Wilford141.41x
2523Woodbine145.83x
2524Woolbridge1425.12x
2525Wootten142.41x
2526Allington133.04x
2527Banning133.65x
2528Barringer135.25x
2529Bartles1322.98x
2530Baskerville132.24x
2531Bednall139.50x
2532Berwick131.32x
2533Bethell131.43x
2534Binnion1324.03x
2535Bint135.72x
2536Birks130.80x
2537Blackshaw131.14x
2538Botterill131.96x
2539Brodie130.39x
2540Buttery131.38x
2541Byron131.45x
2542Cahill131.15x
2543Candy131.49x
2544Carlon1315.55x
2545Caro1322.34x
2546Case130.53x
2547Challenor135.38x
2548Chilton130.66x
2549Chinery132.55x
2550Christopher130.90x
2551Copley130.68x
2552Crayton1319.82x
2553Crighton131.33x
2554Daffern136.50x
2555Dalglish132.90x
2556Daniells133.95x
2557Dexter130.72x
2558Dooley130.86x
2559Dowling130.48x
2560Elsmore133.87x
2561Ennis131.94x
2562Facer132.63x
2563Falconbridge1314.16x
2564Fiddler132.45x
2565Fincher134.03x
2566Frith130.53x
2567Furman1331.11x
2568Fussell132.83x
2569Gillett130.50x
2570Goodby1311.33x
2571Gregson130.38x
2572Hartridge135.34x
2573Hayter130.72x
2574Hearne131.58x
2575Heaven132.44x
2576Higham130.52x
2577Hilliard131.96x
2578Hodder131.08x
2579Howl136.45x
2580Hughs131.46x
2581Hulse130.84x
2582Husband130.91x
2583Hyams132.66x
2584Ironmonger132.91x
2585Ives130.45x
2586Jenning135.11x
2587Jerome132.93x
2588Keene130.90x
2589Kegan1312.49x
2590Ketley133.32x
2591Kilminster135.23x
2592Kingston130.57x
2593Lambourn133.55x
2594Liddiard132.31x
2595Lingard130.83x
2596Lingley134.42x
2597Longfield135.54x
2598Loughlin133.25x
2599Madge131.68x
2600Maher131.44x