Moorehead Surname

64,844th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7,709 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States Virgin Islands

Moorehead Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Moorehead Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States6,6831:54,2366,480
Northern Ireland2541:7,2641,263
Canada2471:149,17215,241
England1731:322,07023,948
United States Virgin Islands1181:935136
Australia771:350,59429,558
Ireland751:62,7864,144
Scotland311:172,7049,690
New Zealand161:283,02024,643
Guam81:20,0153,029
Wales61:515,75523,171
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Guernsey11:64,4392,137
France11:66,422,722504,397
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland2481:17,8622,173
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England221:1,107,97142,566
Scotland61:623,86916,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States9391:53,4816,013

Moorehead (16) may also be a first name.

Moorehead Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Moorehead Come From? nationality or country of origin

Moorehead has its highest incidence in The United States. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Moorehead? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 64,844th most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 945,330 people. The last name Moorehead occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Moorehead are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,786,762nd most numerous forename world-wide. It is borne by 16 people.

The last name is most frequently held in The United States, where it is held by 6,683 people, or 1 in 54,236. In The United States it is mostly found in: California, where 9 percent live, Ohio, where 7 percent live and Missouri, where 7 percent live. Without taking into account The United States Moorehead occurs in 25 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Moorehead Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Moorehead has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Moorehead last name rose 712 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 786 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it decreased 70 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 517 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Moorehead Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Presbyterian (46%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Moorehead last name are 12.22% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 58.99% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Moorehead earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 2.47% less than the national average, earning $42,085 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.2% more than the national average, earning $50,279 CAD per year.

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Moorehead Reference & Research

Moorhead FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

Moorhead FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Moorehead
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