The surname Moorhead
A surname, carried by 4,332 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈmɔːrhɛd/ 2 syllables Soundex M630
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,332 people named Moorhead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,271 Americans. That is down 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,420.
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #7,662 | Desjardins | 4,335 | 71,222 |
| #7,663 | Gillman | 4,334 | 71,238 |
| #7,665 | Knorr | 4,333 | 71,254 |
| #7,666 | Moorhead | 4,332 | 71,271 |
| #7,668 | Seibel | 4,331 | 71,287 |
Who is named Moorhead
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
93% of people named Moorhead identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 93%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Black (not Hispanic) 2.3%
- Two or more races 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Moorhead 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 Moorhead?
- 4,332 people in the United States had the surname Moorhead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,271 Americans. It ranked 7,666th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Moorhead?
- In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Moorhead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- How do you pronounce Moorhead?
- Moorhead is /ˈmɔːrhɛd/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Moorhead getting more or less common?
- Less common. 4,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,332 in 2010, down 2.0%.