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 Rickaby, with 12 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
2801	Rickaby	12	0.000%	4.48x
2802	Rolfe	12	0.000%	0.38x
2803	Rosenthall	12	0.000%	9.21x
2804	Salsbury	12	0.000%	2.99x
2805	Satchwell	12	0.000%	3.23x
2806	Sears	12	0.000%	0.78x
2807	Sefton	12	0.000%	1.49x
2808	Shipman	12	0.000%	1.32x
2809	Sleigh	12	0.000%	2.19x
2810	Smithson	12	0.000%	0.51x
2811	Speak	12	0.000%	1.40x
2812	Stenton	12	0.000%	2.67x
2813	Stirrup	12	0.000%	3.25x
2814	Suffolk	12	0.000%	4.53x
2815	Tapp	12	0.000%	1.14x
2816	Tickle	12	0.000%	1.09x
2817	Tilsley	12	0.000%	3.99x
2818	Tinley	12	0.000%	6.45x
2819	Toogood	12	0.000%	1.05x
2820	Townshend	12	0.000%	1.59x
2821	Travis	12	0.000%	0.42x
2822	Trevitt	12	0.000%	4.59x
2823	Tudge	12	0.000%	5.83x
2824	Vallis	12	0.000%	4.19x
2825	Village	12	0.000%	27.62x
2826	Villers	12	0.000%	16.26x
2827	Vyse	12	0.000%	3.40x
2828	Wakeman	12	0.000%	1.61x
2829	Walkley	12	0.000%	3.01x
2830	Walsingham	12	0.000%	23.24x
2831	Wanklin	12	0.000%	12.40x
2832	Washbourne	12	0.000%	5.79x
2833	Wheale	12	0.000%	8.82x
2834	Whitby	12	0.000%	0.80x
2835	Whitehurst	12	0.000%	1.54x
2836	Willatt	12	0.000%	11.17x
2837	Winn	12	0.000%	0.50x
2838	Witherington	12	0.000%	4.40x
2839	Wolfe	12	0.000%	0.94x
2840	Word	12	0.000%	7.04x
2841	Acton	11	0.000%	0.77x
2842	Addis	11	0.000%	1.31x
2843	Alger	11	0.000%	1.96x
2844	Angrave	11	0.000%	6.92x
2845	Ashfield	11	0.000%	2.37x
2846	Bastock	11	0.000%	6.58x
2847	Beeby	11	0.000%	1.32x
2848	Belton	11	0.000%	0.83x
2849	Benwell	11	0.000%	3.07x
2850	Bevington	11	0.000%	3.20x
2851	Birkett	11	0.000%	0.46x
2852	Boote	11	0.000%	2.85x
2853	Burness	11	0.000%	2.34x
2854	Cade	11	0.000%	1.44x
2855	Cadmore	11	0.000%	12.78x
2856	Cambell	11	0.000%	1.63x
2857	Carley	11	0.000%	2.00x
2858	Cassey	11	0.000%	4.76x
2859	Causier	11	0.000%	15.08x
2860	Chalk	11	0.000%	0.68x
2861	Challiner	11	0.000%	9.01x
2862	Chamberlin	11	0.000%	1.35x
2863	Chaplain	11	0.000%	6.18x
2864	Clucas	11	0.000%	1.87x
2865	Comerford	11	0.000%	5.86x
2866	Cookson	11	0.000%	0.38x
2867	Cottom	11	0.000%	2.61x
2868	Couch	11	0.000%	0.75x
2869	Coughlin	11	0.000%	2.70x
2870	Coulton	11	0.000%	1.28x
2871	Cragg	11	0.000%	0.71x
2872	Crew	11	0.000%	0.71x
2873	Cuff	11	0.000%	1.15x
2874	Cureton	11	0.000%	5.45x
2875	Cuthbertson	11	0.000%	0.58x
2876	Darnley	11	0.000%	6.88x
2877	Daughty	11	0.000%	10.82x
2878	Davitt	11	0.000%	7.45x
2879	Detheridge	11	0.000%	10.32x
2880	Dignam	11	0.000%	7.85x
2881	Dorr	11	0.000%	8.13x
2882	Dugard	11	0.000%	7.89x
2883	Dykes	11	0.000%	0.65x
2884	Eagan	11	0.000%	3.87x
2885	Edinborough	11	0.000%	15.79x
2886	Elbourne	11	0.000%	13.03x
2887	Elvis	11	0.000%	15.98x
2888	Erwin	11	0.000%	7.06x
2889	Evan	11	0.000%	3.92x
2890	Evill	11	0.000%	11.57x
2891	Farbrother	11	0.000%	17.42x
2892	Foden	11	0.000%	1.02x
2893	Fownes	11	0.000%	17.42x
2894	Furness	11	0.000%	0.56x
2895	Gear	11	0.000%	1.20x
2896	Geary	11	0.000%	0.57x
2897	Gillon	11	0.000%	1.75x
2898	Glaves	11	0.000%	7.37x
2899	Golby	11	0.000%	2.44x
2900	Golden	11	0.000%	1.06x