How common is the surname Moorehead?

4,791 people in the United States had the surname Moorehead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,443 Americans. It ranked 6,995th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Moorehead?

Agnes Moorehead, American actress (1900–1974), followed by Alan Moorehead.

Where is the surname Moorehead most common?

Wikidata records people named Moorehead in the United States and Australia.

Is the surname Moorehead getting more or less common?

More common. 4,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,791 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Moorehead

A surname, carried by 4,791 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M630

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Moorehead is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,791 people named Moorehead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,443 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,639.

#6,995

rank among US surnames

4,791

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,712)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,988	Ewell	4,794	64,402
#6,989	Mowry	4,793	64,416
#6,993	O'Mara	4,792	64,429
#6,995	Gillispie	4,791	64,443
#6,998	Nicely	4,789	64,470
#6,999	Tyndall	4,786	64,510

Who is named Moorehead

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

65% of people named Moorehead identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 65%
Black (not Hispanic) 29%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 2.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mooreheads

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Agnes Moorehead
American actress (1900–1974)
Alan Moorehead
Australian journalist (1910–1983)

Notable Mooreheads come mostly from the United States (1) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Moorehead

Moorehead has the Soundex code M630, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M630.

Questions

How common is the surname Moorehead?: 4,791 people in the United States had the surname Moorehead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,443 Americans. It ranked 6,995th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Moorehead?: In the 2010 Census, 65% of people named Moorehead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Moorehead?: Agnes Moorehead, American actress (1900–1974), followed by Alan Moorehead.
Where is the surname Moorehead most common?: Wikidata records people named Moorehead in the United States and Australia.
Is the surname Moorehead getting more or less common?: More common. 4,639 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,791 in 2010, up 3.3%.