The Bermingham Last Name

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Bermingham is usually a form of Birmingham. Name scholars give the meaning as “From Birmingham”.

• You may also find the name written Brimingham.
• Bermingham ranked 31,824 in the 2010 US Census, with 725 people answering to the name.
• Spellings drifted because names were written down by ear in parish books, tax rolls and passenger lists.
• Bermingham writes “e” in place of the “i” found in Birmingham, a common scribal difference.

Family crest and blazon

Arms linked to Birmingham and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Research your Bermingham family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.