Birmingham is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 10 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Birmingham
No. of characters: 10
Origin: England
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Birmingham

How popular is Birmingham?

Birmingham is common in England.

Birmingham is ranked 41143 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Birmingham bearers increased by 6.114876 per cent in 2010 US census to 6577 since 2000, the surname slipped by 116 spots and ranked at 5297. The last name was found in around 22 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.93 86.8
Black 8.79 8.5
Hispanic or Latino 3.56 2.45
Others 1.51 1.21
Birmingham is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Dominica is ahead in terms of density. Around 11869 people have been found who wears Birmingham as their family name. Birmingham is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
929 Northern Mariana Islands5
10,542 China4
4,384 Northern Ireland3
10,686 Costa Rica3
4,164 Vietnam2
4,104 South Korea2
91,784 Netherlands2
18,718 Thailand2
1,500,361 India2
65,594 Belgium2
1,834 Malta2
18,625 Japan2
118,441 Germany2
47,891 Norway1
810,193 Indonesia1
9,498 Iceland1
8,859 Iraq1
16,640 Hong Kong1
7,941 Guatemala1
1,818 Guernsey1
444 Faroe Islands1
49,101 Denmark1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
799 British Virgin Islands1
66,560 Philippines1
3,275 Nepal1
1,421 Saint Lucia1
169,904 Brazil1
40,340 Malaysia1
1,005 The Gambia1
24,176 Qatar1
16,073 Latvia1
3,071 Jersey1
28,746 Algeria1
14,618 Guyana1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,714 Trinidad and Tobago35
861 Barbados31
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
493 United States Virgin Islands30
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
56,973 South Africa73
2,783 Jamaica71
184 Dominica67
7,449 Scotland66
10,776 New Zealand62
66,582 Argentina60
Countries with hundreds of Birmingham:
6,579 Canada647
6,035 Australia483
2,223 Ireland207
57,437 France171
2,061 Panama163
3,682 Wales102
Countries with thousands of Birmingham:
5,071 United States7,815
4,390 England1,689
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 25 years old workman Michael Birmingham who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on May 11, 1846 by Georgia put out from Liverpool. Maid Catherine Birmingham, W. Birmingham, aged 10, 36 years old U Birmingham, William Birmingham, aged 7, Martin Birmingham, aged 5, 3 years old Daniel Birmingham, Infant Thomas Birmingham, 11 years old Bridget Birmingham, and 165 other Birmingham around 34.38% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and farmer, dressmaker, spinster, tailoress, farmers &, mechanics migrated to US.

Birmingham Namesakes

  • Stephen Birmingham, Author
  • Caity Birmingham, Film Art Director
  • Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham, British Politician
  • Gigi Birmingham, Actress
  • Gil Birmingham, Actor
  • Jon Birmingham, Elizabeth Gracen's ex-husband
  • Peg Birmingham, Philosopher
  • Jarrod Birmingham, Actor
  • Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham, British Politician
  • Gil Birmingham, Actor
  • In 2009 comedy, family flick, Billy, Danny Birmingham portrayed Billy.
  • Elise Birmingham played the important character of Peggy in 2013 horror and mystery movie The Remnants.

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