Birnham Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Birnham Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birnham Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England31:8,125,123158,686
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Birnham Last Name Facts

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

Birnham has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Birnham? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,360,413th most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. This last name is mostly found in The Americas, where 100 percent of Birnham reside; 100 percent reside in North America and 100 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 72,491,787. In The United States it is mostly found in: New York, where 40 percent live, Florida, where 20 percent live and North Carolina, where 20 percent live. Excluding The United States this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 44 percent live.

Birnham Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Birnham has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Birnham last name decreased 72 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Birnham
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