# Birmingham (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,577 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,297 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 46,943 people |
| Change since 2000 | +6.1% (6,198 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɝ.mɪŋ.əm/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English *Beormingahām, “homestead of the Beormingas, i.e. followers of Beorma”. The latter is a hypocoristic form of a personal name such as Beornmund or Beornmod.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Birmingham 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) | 85% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 8.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Birmingham in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.

## People named Birmingham

- Gil Birmingham, American actor
- Simon Birmingham, Australian politician
- John Birmingham, British-born Australian author

## Similar surnames

Burningham, Brennan, Browning, Berman, Brannon, Burnham, Branham, Berryman, Brannan, Barnum, Brenneman, Berumen.

## 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.