The surname Craighead
A surname, carried by 2,809 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex C623
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,809 people named Craighead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 109,913 Americans. That is up 2.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,750.
#11,256
rank among US surnames
2,809
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+2.1%
change since 2000 (was #10,674)
Who is named Craighead
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
67% of people named Craighead identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 67%
- Black (not Hispanic) 26%
- Two or more races 2.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.6%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Craghead
Craighead has the Soundex code C623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code C623.
Questions
- How common is the surname Craighead?
- 2,809 people in the United States had the surname Craighead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 109,913 Americans. It ranked 11,256th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Craighead?
- In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Craighead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Craighead getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,750 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,809 in 2010, up 2.1%.
- What are other spellings of Craighead?
- Craghead.