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    The surname Muirhead

    A surname, carried by 2,265 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /mɪɚhɛd/ 2 syllables Soundex M630

    Muirhead: #13,445 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Muirhead #13,445, 2,265 people Muirhead: #13,445 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Muirhead #13,445, 2,265 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Muirhead is more common than 91.7% of them.

    Origin

    A Scottish surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,265 people named Muirhead in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,311 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,192.

    #13,445
    rank among US surnames
    2,265
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.3%
    change since 2000 (was #12,868)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,438Epperly2,267136,191
    #13,440Lerman2,266136,251
    #13,445Boivin2,265136,311
    #13,453Carstensen2,264136,372

    Who is named Muirhead

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

    84% of people named Muirhead identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 84%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 9.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Muirhead

    Muirhead 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 Muirhead?
    2,265 people in the United States had the surname Muirhead in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,311 Americans. It ranked 13,445th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Muirhead?
    In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Muirhead identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Muirhead?
    Muirhead is /mɪɚhɛd/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Muirhead getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,192 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,265 in 2010, up 3.3%.
    What are other spellings of Muirhead?
    Moorehead and Morehead.