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 Smetham, with 2 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
6501	Smetham	2	0.000%	2.46x
6502	Smout	2	0.000%	0.51x
6503	Snazell	2	0.000%	13.55x
6504	Sorell	2	0.000%	3.44x
6505	Spearman	2	0.000%	0.51x
6506	Spurgin	2	0.000%	1.76x
6507	Stange	2	0.000%	15.26x
6508	Staniland	2	0.000%	0.46x
6509	State	2	0.000%	1.81x
6510	Stelling	2	0.000%	1.07x
6511	Stonier	2	0.000%	0.46x
6512	Stubs	2	0.000%	1.28x
6513	Stwart	2	0.000%	18.76x
6514	Sulivan	2	0.000%	0.44x
6515	Sunter	2	0.000%	0.54x
6516	Swanwick	2	0.000%	0.60x
6517	Taberer	2	0.000%	3.81x
6518	Taite	2	0.000%	1.92x
6519	Talley	2	0.000%	5.54x
6520	Tarplee	2	0.000%	3.39x
6521	Teare	2	0.000%	0.37x
6522	Telley	2	0.000%	5.42x
6523	Telling	2	0.000%	0.46x
6524	Terrell	2	0.000%	0.48x
6525	Thackwell	2	0.000%	1.91x
6526	Thickbroom	2	0.000%	2.62x
6527	Thiel	2	0.000%	12.85x
6528	Thompkins	2	0.000%	2.87x
6529	Thornewell	2	0.000%	4.52x
6530	Tice	2	0.000%	0.83x
6531	Tizard	2	0.000%	0.74x
6532	Togwell	2	0.000%	3.93x
6533	Toop	2	0.000%	0.46x
6534	Topliss	2	0.000%	0.50x
6535	Towe	2	0.000%	2.71x
6536	Treglown	2	0.000%	2.28x
6537	Trent	2	0.000%	0.56x
6538	Trentham	2	0.000%	3.70x
6539	Trevett	2	0.000%	0.51x
6540	Trought	2	0.000%	4.13x
6541	Tuffy	2	0.000%	11.10x
6542	Tuke	2	0.000%	0.62x
6543	Tupp	2	0.000%	4.60x
6544	Turl	2	0.000%	1.37x
6545	Turland	2	0.000%	1.01x
6546	Turle	2	0.000%	1.72x
6547	Ullyatt	2	0.000%	3.70x
6548	Unett	2	0.000%	2.49x
6549	Upright	2	0.000%	4.44x
6550	Vaile	2	0.000%	1.83x
6551	Vearncombe	2	0.000%	3.09x
6552	Venebles	2	0.000%	7.63x
6553	Vennell	2	0.000%	1.37x
6554	Vernall	2	0.000%	1.92x
6555	Voyce	2	0.000%	0.89x
6556	Wadlow	2	0.000%	1.20x
6557	Waldren	2	0.000%	0.98x
6558	Warbrick	2	0.000%	0.72x
6559	Wardlow	2	0.000%	2.03x
6560	Warmington	2	0.000%	0.44x
6561	Wart	2	0.000%	8.14x
6562	Wasley	2	0.000%	0.56x
6563	Watley	2	0.000%	1.71x
6564	Watterson	2	0.000%	0.25x
6565	Weakley	2	0.000%	1.17x
6566	Weatherhogg	2	0.000%	3.39x
6567	Weavers	2	0.000%	0.41x
6568	Welb	2	0.000%	3.70x
6569	Wellwood	2	0.000%	2.12x
6570	Welsby	2	0.000%	0.32x
6571	Welson	2	0.000%	3.75x
6572	Werton	2	0.000%	18.76x
6573	Weyman	2	0.000%	1.01x
6574	Whall	2	0.000%	0.77x
6575	Whitehall	2	0.000%	0.44x
6576	Whiterod	2	0.000%	2.74x
6577	Wickman	2	0.000%	2.54x
6578	Wickstead	2	0.000%	1.07x
6579	Widgery	2	0.000%	1.66x
6580	Wiggans	2	0.000%	0.98x
6581	Wilberforce	2	0.000%	1.61x
6582	Willder	2	0.000%	2.10x
6583	Williss	2	0.000%	1.31x
6584	Win	2	0.000%	5.42x
6585	Winslow	2	0.000%	0.67x
6586	Wist	2	0.000%	11.62x
6587	Wither	2	0.000%	0.93x
6588	Withnell	2	0.000%	1.63x
6589	Witworth	2	0.000%	2.62x
6590	Wixey	2	0.000%	1.76x
6591	Wolf	2	0.000%	0.42x
6592	Woodhill	2	0.000%	2.46x
6593	Woodings	2	0.000%	0.94x
6594	Woodword	2	0.000%	5.19x
6595	Woof	2	0.000%	0.51x
6596	Woolcock	2	0.000%	0.29x
6597	Wooten	2	0.000%	1.59x
6598	Worsey	2	0.000%	1.30x
6599	Wyeth	2	0.000%	0.53x
6600	Wymer	2	0.000%	0.93x