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

Morehead occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 48,721^st most frequently used surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 689,195 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Morehead are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,786,762^nd most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 16 people.

The surname Morehead is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 10,287 people, or 1 in 35,235. In The United States Morehead is most frequent in: Texas, where 11 percent reside, California, where 9 percent reside and North Carolina, where 6 percent reside. Beside The United States it occurs in 27 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 1 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.

Morehead Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Morehead has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Morehead surname expanded 314 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 108 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 192 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it fell 62 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Morehead Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Morehead surname is primarily Anglican (71%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Morehead last name are 10.77% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 57.54% registered with the party.

Morehead earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.59% less than the national average, earning $40,735 USD per year.