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 Medlam, with 6 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
4401	Medlam	6	0.000%	6.36x
4402	Mettam	6	0.000%	2.35x
4403	Morries	6	0.000%	4.13x
4404	Mose	6	0.000%	6.00x
4405	Moul	6	0.000%	4.55x
4406	Mowbray	6	0.000%	0.59x
4407	Mowe	6	0.000%	10.61x
4408	Moyle	6	0.000%	0.51x
4409	Mullaney	6	0.000%	3.21x
4410	Mullany	6	0.000%	2.99x
4411	Mulligan	6	0.000%	0.44x
4412	Murdock	6	0.000%	0.68x
4413	Mustow	6	0.000%	11.80x
4414	Nasmyth	6	0.000%	8.71x
4415	Neath	6	0.000%	1.94x
4416	Neaves	6	0.000%	1.62x
4417	Need	6	0.000%	3.21x
4418	Newnes	6	0.000%	5.30x
4419	Northall	6	0.000%	3.61x
4420	Nurrish	6	0.000%	12.62x
4421	Nutting	6	0.000%	1.34x
4422	Omalley	6	0.000%	2.52x
4423	Orpe	6	0.000%	7.32x
4424	Oseland	6	0.000%	29.30x
4425	Otoole	6	0.000%	4.09x
4426	Oughton	6	0.000%	1.24x
4427	Overbury	6	0.000%	4.26x
4428	Overhill	6	0.000%	7.79x
4429	Overy	6	0.000%	1.68x
4430	Oxenham	6	0.000%	1.57x
4431	Packham	6	0.000%	0.51x
4432	Pall	6	0.000%	9.15x
4433	Parkington	6	0.000%	2.22x
4434	Parkman	6	0.000%	3.07x
4435	Patchell	6	0.000%	15.91x
4436	Patey	6	0.000%	1.09x
4437	Paynter	6	0.000%	0.87x
4438	Penson	6	0.000%	1.72x
4439	Perrot	6	0.000%	4.60x
4440	Petcher	6	0.000%	10.92x
4441	Peter	6	0.000%	0.70x
4442	Piggot	6	0.000%	2.62x
4443	Pincher	6	0.000%	2.73x
4444	Plenty	6	0.000%	4.23x
4445	Plowman	6	0.000%	0.48x
4446	Plumer	6	0.000%	3.34x
4447	Porte	6	0.000%	12.84x
4448	Prendergast	6	0.000%	1.72x
4449	Priddis	6	0.000%	10.03x
4450	Prigg	6	0.000%	2.67x
4451	Pryse	6	0.000%	4.55x
4452	Pully	6	0.000%	13.31x
4453	Quarterman	6	0.000%	1.40x
4454	Rain	6	0.000%	1.37x
4455	Rattenbury	6	0.000%	1.70x
4456	Rawle	6	0.000%	1.24x
4457	Reason	6	0.000%	0.84x
4458	Reddan	6	0.000%	11.62x
4459	Redrup	6	0.000%	3.73x
4460	Reily	6	0.000%	2.66x
4461	Rhead	6	0.000%	1.91x
4462	Rippon	6	0.000%	0.70x
4463	Rizzo	6	0.000%	104.90x
4464	Rochell	6	0.000%	3.91x
4465	Rolland	6	0.000%	2.14x
4466	Rolston	6	0.000%	6.72x
4467	Rosenthal	6	0.000%	2.52x
4468	Rouch	6	0.000%	6.26x
4469	Rowen	6	0.000%	2.37x
4470	Rubenstein	6	0.000%	12.00x
4471	Sable	6	0.000%	6.31x
4472	Saddington	6	0.000%	1.21x
4473	Sander	6	0.000%	2.08x
4474	Sandiland	6	0.000%	6.84x
4475	Sandy	6	0.000%	0.70x
4476	Seagrave	6	0.000%	1.83x
4477	Sealy	6	0.000%	1.36x
4478	Semmence	6	0.000%	10.76x
4479	Shaddock	6	0.000%	4.57x
4480	Shakeshaft	6	0.000%	1.38x
4481	Shayler	6	0.000%	2.43x
4482	Shell	6	0.000%	1.16x
4483	Shepperson	6	0.000%	2.76x
4484	Shervington	6	0.000%	25.24x
4485	Shewring	6	0.000%	4.41x
4486	Shread	6	0.000%	9.04x
4487	Shurrock	6	0.000%	8.92x
4488	Shute	6	0.000%	0.61x
4489	Siddons	6	0.000%	1.25x
4490	Silman	6	0.000%	4.02x
4491	Skelcher	6	0.000%	8.71x
4492	Sleath	6	0.000%	2.09x
4493	Smeaton	6	0.000%	0.87x
4494	Smitton	6	0.000%	4.52x
4495	Southwick	6	0.000%	1.65x
4496	Spires	6	0.000%	1.19x
4497	Staight	6	0.000%	22.88x
4498	Stamer	6	0.000%	13.07x
4499	Stern	6	0.000%	2.57x
4500	Stilwell	6	0.000%	1.68x