# Head (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/head/  
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 Middle English, from residence near a hilltop or the head of a river, or a byname for someone with an odd-looking head.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 27,292 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,285 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,313 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.3% (27,218 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Head 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 17% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

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

## People named Head

- Edith Head, American film and television costumer (1897-1981)
- Murray Head, British actor and singer
- Daisy Head, British actress
- Travis Head, Australian cricketer
- Luther Head, American basketball player (born 1982)
- Jae Head, American child actor
- Emily Head, British actress
- Dena Head, American basketball player (born 1970)
- Sir Edmund Walker Head, 8th Baronet, British colonial administrator (1805–1868)
- Pat Summitt, American basketball player and coach (1952–2016)
- Wayne Carson, American singer-songwriter

## Similar surnames

Heid, Heady, Heide, Hadi, Heath, Heidt, Hood, Hewitt, Hyde, Hoyt, Hyatt, Haywood.

## 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.