Where Does The Last Name Head Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

Head (Arabic: هيد, Marathi: हेड) is most common in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Head? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The last name is the 9,331^st most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 120,031 people. Head occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 61 percent of Head are found; 61 percent are found in North America and 61 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Head is also the 282,756^th most commonly occurring first name internationally It is held by 834 people.

It is most widely held in The United States, where it is carried by 36,765 people, or 1 in 9,859. In The United States Head is most prevalent in: Georgia, where 14 percent reside, California, where 6 percent reside and Tennessee, where 5 percent reside. Excluding The United States Head occurs in 138 countries. It also occurs in England, where 19 percent reside and Australia, where 7 percent reside.

Head Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Head has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Head surname increased 538 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 159 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 409 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 495 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Head Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (71%) in Ireland and Orthodox (92%) in Russia.

In The United States those holding the Head surname are 18.9% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 65.67% being registered with the political party.

The amount Head earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 114.83% more than the national average, earning R 510,528 per year; in United States they earn 4.45% less than the national average, earning $41,231 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.09% less than the national average, earning $47,155 CAD per year.