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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 Collens, with 9 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
3301Collens97.57x
3302Cooley91.43x
3303Coombe90.68x
3304Corns91.31x
3305Courtney90.51x
3306Covington92.86x
3307Cowles91.52x
3308Critchley90.41x
3309Crookes90.84x
3310Crowton931.38x
3311Cudd95.87x
3312Cund99.63x
3313Dancaster917.71x
3314Dangerfield91.26x
3315Dark91.01x
3316Deane90.44x
3317Deen99.00x
3318Delay97.22x
3319Dennington93.46x
3320Devlin90.45x
3321Donlon99.30x
3322Dorling92.17x
3323Dredge91.41x
3324Dugan91.88x
3325Duignan940.69x
3326Durant91.05x
3327Edgerton92.56x
3328Eldred91.24x
3329Elliss91.12x
3330Elson90.59x
3331Elt912.07x
3332Elvery914.45x
3333Emerton92.84x
3334Fannon96.38x
3335Farrall91.85x
3336Farringdon910.26x
3337Few91.61x
3338Fidoe98.25x
3339Finnemore94.61x
3340Flavel93.35x
3341Folks99.46x
3342Forest91.28x
3343Foulger91.54x
3344Foxley92.01x
3345Frankish92.13x
3346Furber91.43x
3347Fury94.07x
3348Garrick92.42x
3349Garwood90.75x
3350Gascoigne90.80x
3351Gearey99.30x
3352Genders93.85x
3353Gile98.45x
3354Gillman91.31x
3355Gilmer913.72x
3356Gimbert97.27x
3357Govan92.01x
3358Greenslade90.63x
3359Groocock94.04x
3360Groutage918.93x
3361Hakes97.90x
3362Hames91.30x
3363Harber91.60x
3364Hargrove96.86x
3365Hasker99.30x
3366Hastilow98.51x
3367Hatchett93.37x
3368Hately96.31x
3369Haughton90.72x
3370Helm90.82x
3371Herrick92.52x
3372Hewish94.54x
3373Hewit92.31x
3374Hibbs91.06x
3375Hickham943.95x
3376Higton94.81x
3377Hine90.46x
3378Hocker910.45x
3379Holdcroft91.61x
3380Hollaway94.07x
3381Hollyoak96.57x
3382Hollyoake913.56x
3383Honeybourne99.63x
3384Horden94.14x
3385Howkins92.77x
3386Huntington91.26x
3387Hurlston911.56x
3388Hyett91.68x
3389Illidge95.90x
3390Inge94.54x
3391Innis94.10x
3392Judson90.80x
3393Justin98.19x
3394Kelland92.06x
3395Kennell94.24x
3396Kilcoyne95.84x
3397Killeen93.62x
3398Kilroy92.16x
3399Kimbell97.04x
3400Kirkman90.57x