Birkhamshaw Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Birkhamshaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 16 | 1:1,523,461 | 51,234 |
Birkhamshaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birkhamshaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Birkhamshaw is carried by more people in England than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Birkhamshaw? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,772,636th most common family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 76 percent of Birkhamshaw are found; 76 percent are found in Northern Europe and 76 percent are found in British Isles.
The last name is most common in England, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 4,286,005. In England Birkhamshaw is most prevalent in: Derbyshire, where 54 percent are found, West Midlands, where 31 percent are found and Greater London, where 8 percent are found. Besides England this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 24 percent are found.
Birkhamshaw Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Birkhamshaw has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name fell 19 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birkamshaw | 95 | 0 | / |
| Birkumshaw | 86 | 38 | / |
| Burkamshaw | 86 | 1 | / |
| Bircamshaw | 86 | 0 | / |
| Bircumshaw | 76 | 399 | / |
| Bircomshaw | 76 | 1 | / |
| Brigmshaw | 70 | 0 | / |
| Burcumshaw | 67 | 0 | / |
| Borcumshaw | 67 | 0 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Birkhamshaw
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