How common is the surname Morehead?

7,653 people in the United States had the surname Morehead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,343 Americans. It ranked 4,636th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Morehead?

James Turner Morehead, American politician and lawyer (1797-1854), followed by John H. Morehead.

Where is the surname Morehead most common?

Wikidata records people named Morehead in the United States.

Is the surname Morehead getting more or less common?

Less common. 7,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,653 in 2010, down 0.2%.

The surname Morehead

A surname, carried by 7,653 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). Morehead is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,653 people named Morehead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,343 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,670.

#4,636

rank among US surnames

7,653

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

-0.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,281)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,627	Olds	7,670	40,254
#4,628	Isaacson	7,668	40,264
#4,629	Manson	7,663	40,290
#4,630	Flick	7,661	40,301
#4,631	Omar	7,660	40,306
#4,632	Janes	7,659	40,311
#4,633	Nakamura	7,658	40,317

Who is named Morehead

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

74% of people named Morehead identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 74%
Black (not Hispanic) 19%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Moreheads

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

James Turner Morehead
American politician and lawyer (1797-1854)
John H. Morehead
American politician (1861-1942)
John Motley Morehead
American politician (1796-1866)
Barbara Eden
American actress and singer (1931–)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Morehead

Morehead 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 Morehead?: 7,653 people in the United States had the surname Morehead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,343 Americans. It ranked 4,636th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Morehead?: In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Morehead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Morehead?: James Turner Morehead, American politician and lawyer (1797-1854), followed by John H. Morehead.
Where is the surname Morehead most common?: Wikidata records people named Morehead in the United States.
Is the surname Morehead getting more or less common?: Less common. 7,670 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,653 in 2010, down 0.2%.