Birmingham Surname

43,497th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,955 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Falkland Islands

Birmingham Surname Definition:

(English) belonging to Birmingham, the Domesday Bermengeham (for Bre- mingeham) = the Home of the Brem(e Family. [Anglo-Saxon * Breminga-hám— bréme = glorious, famous + -inga, genit, pl. of the son suff. -ing + hám, home, estate] The Irish Birminghams are accounted for by a 12th cent.

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Birmingham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,4881:42,7035,236
England1,4491:38,4535,004
Canada6801:54,1856,457
Australia4151:65,0507,790
Ireland3411:13,8091,617
Panama1071:36,5631,993
Wales651:47,6084,483
France641:1,037,855114,367
Scotland481:111,5387,348
New Zealand461:98,44213,260
Dominica401:1,897306
Trinidad and Tobago341:40,1173,784
South Africa341:1,593,46280,086
Jamaica241:119,5814,532
Iran221:3,490,11599,764
United States Virgin Islands121:9,1981,357
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
Argentina71:6,106,202178,634
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Northern Mariana Islands61:9,097939
Thailand51:14,127,669603,945
China41:341,830,39216,990
Malta41:107,5681,849
Falkland Islands31:1,044221
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
South Korea21:25,620,1284,175
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
British Virgin Islands11:31,5941,029
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland3901:11,3591,579
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6681:36,4904,745
Scotland411:91,2984,744
Wales281:56,0152,800
Jersey61:8,6471,503
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6091:31,2113,763

Birmingham (34) may also be a first name.

Birmingham Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) belonging to Birmingham, the Domesday Bermengeham (for Bre- mingeham) = the Home of the Brem(e Family. [Anglo-Saxon * Breminga-hám— bréme = glorious, famous + -inga, genit, pl. of the son suff. -ing + hám, home, estate] The Irish Birminghams are accounted for by a 12th cent. immigration of a de Bremingeham.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Birmingham (the homestead of Beornmund’s people), a city in Warwickshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Or Paynel. The barony of Birmingham was granted by Fulco Paynel, t. Henry I., to Peter (whose family were armorially identified with the Painels, each bearing a bend), by the service of 9 knights. About 1150 William Fitz-Peter witnessed a charter of Gervase Paynel (Mon. ii. 907), and his son Peter Dapifer held 9 fees 1165, and 1187 witnessed a charter of Gervase Paynel (Mon. ii. 911). He had William, Baron of Birmingham (Dugd. War. 897, 8), and Peter de Birmingham, who went to Ire­land, and was ancestor of the barons of Athenry, Earls of Louth. See Paynel.

The Norman People (1874)

User-submitted Reference

English: habitational name from Birmingham in the West Midlands. In Domesday Book the name is already found as Bermingeham, but it seems likely that it was originally Beornmundingahām'homestead (Old English hām) of the people of (-inga-) Beornmund', a personal name composed of the elements beorn 'young man', 'warrior' + mund 'protection'.

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Birmingham Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Birmingham Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Birmingham is most common in The United States. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Birmingham? popularity and diffusion

It is the 43,497th most commonly used surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 609,581 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Birmingham live; 69 percent live in North America and 69 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequently used given name on earth. It is borne by 34 people.

Birmingham is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 8,488 people, or 1 in 42,703. In The United States Birmingham is primarily concentrated in: California, where 10 percent reside, Texas, where 9 percent reside and Florida, where 5 percent reside. Outside of The United States Birmingham is found in 58 countries. It also occurs in England, where 12 percent reside and Canada, where 6 percent reside.

Birmingham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Birmingham has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Birmingham surname grew 528 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 217 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it declined 13 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it grew 232 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it grew 117 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Birmingham Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Catholic (94%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Birmingham surname are 7.15% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 53.92% being registered with the party.

The amount Birmingham earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 24.87% more than the national average, earning R 296,748 per year; in United States they earn 6.59% more than the national average, earning $45,994 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.31% more than the national average, earning $51,826 CAD per year.

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Birmingham Reference & Research

Birmingham DNA Website - A web page dedicated to the genetic research of those who bear the surname and its variants.

Birmingham FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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