Birchenough

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Birchenough is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: Main GB Location (1881): Cheshire. locative name from Birchenough near Stockport (Cheshire).

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  • GBUnited Kingdom
  • USUnited States
  • CACanada

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Main GB Location (1881): Cheshire. locative name from Birchenough near Stockport (Cheshire). Further information: The forms in -hough generally remained close to the area of origin, whilst the names of the diaspora in E England tend to have -(h)all.

Sources 1

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland

Where in the world(measured from records)

Recorded in:

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Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1840186018801900Henry Birchenough, b. 1853Herbert Birchenough, b. 1874Godwin Birchenough, b. 1880Florence Birchenough, b. 1894Frank Birchenough, b. 1898

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 8 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Birchenough
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010338#59,742
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020319#66,829
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000286#64,934
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—6#154,812
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 3

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Birchenough mean, and where does it come from?
Main GB Location (1881): Cheshire. locative name from Birchenough near Stockport (Cheshire). Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland.
In which country does Birchenough have the most bearers?
Birchenough is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Birchenough”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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