# Birchall (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/birchall/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 607 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,788 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 508,642 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.8% (585 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Burchall, Burchill |

## Etymology

Probably a habitational surname from Old English birċe (“birch”) + hyll (“hill”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Birchall in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 2.8% |

## Similar surnames

Burchell, Birkholz, Braswell, Barkley, Barclay, Burkholder, Brazil, Burkhalter, Berglund, Berkley, Breslin, Bressler.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.