Whitehead Surname
Approximately 107,578 people bear this surname
Whitehead Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'with the whitehead,' a common sobriquet, as our records prove, especially in North England; compare Hoar. There is no evidence of a local origin, although Redhead and Blackett (Blackhead) are, like Greenhead, local occasionally.
Read More About This SurnameWhitehead Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 57,730 | 1:6,279 | 731 |
| England | 28,323 | 1:1,967 | 234 |
| Australia | 8,449 | 1:3,195 | 445 |
| Canada | 5,124 | 1:7,191 | 1,061 |
| South Africa | 2,362 | 1:22,937 | 2,916 |
| New Zealand | 1,695 | 1:2,672 | 380 |
| Scotland | 843 | 1:6,351 | 1,005 |
| Wales | 812 | 1:3,811 | 414 |
| Brazil | 198 | 1:1,081,183 | 37,845 |
| Ireland | 170 | 1:27,700 | 2,530 |
| Thailand | 155 | 1:455,731 | 79,917 |
| Spain | 150 | 1:311,680 | 18,543 |
| France | 142 | 1:467,766 | 66,487 |
| Bahamas | 112 | 1:3,498 | 420 |
| Isle of Man | 88 | 1:975 | 148 |
| Germany | 77 | 1:1,045,525 | 70,954 |
| Barbados | 76 | 1:3,782 | 506 |
| Zimbabwe | 71 | 1:217,440 | 24,563 |
| Jamaica | 63 | 1:45,555 | 2,772 |
| Northern Ireland | 58 | 1:31,811 | 3,241 |
| Portugal | 57 | 1:182,776 | 7,697 |
| Singapore | 56 | 1:98,352 | 4,171 |
| Guyana | 41 | 1:18,591 | 2,383 |
| Jersey | 41 | 1:2,420 | 410 |
| Dominican Republic | 39 | 1:267,511 | 9,432 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Mexico | 37 | 1:3,354,762 | 24,142 |
| Switzerland | 29 | 1:283,204 | 22,806 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 27 | 1:50,518 | 4,407 |
| Argentina | 25 | 1:1,709,737 | 90,467 |
| Iceland | 25 | 1:15,204 | 1,298 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Malta | 24 | 1:17,928 | 1,021 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| Norway | 23 | 1:223,578 | 24,793 |
| Guernsey | 22 | 1:2,929 | 767 |
| Sweden | 21 | 1:468,893 | 33,666 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| Philippines | 18 | 1:5,624,346 | 177,167 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 15 | 1:6,611 | 774 |
| Bermuda | 15 | 1:4,352 | 690 |
| Hong Kong | 15 | 1:489,032 | 3,321 |
| Panama | 12 | 1:326,022 | 7,351 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 1:1,767,316 | 20,027 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Oman | 7 | 1:526,853 | 5,771 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| Peru | 6 | 1:5,297,354 | 36,458 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Sudan | 6 | 1:6,251,699 | 8,174 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1:1,832,455 | 58,414 |
| Vietnam | 5 | 1:18,529,211 | 3,282 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 1:221,219 | 8,471 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Greece | 4 | 1:2,769,948 | 101,568 |
| Marshall Islands | 4 | 1:12,955 | 1,460 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 4 | 1:27,594 | 3,273 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1:30,645,251 | 132,600 |
| Georgia | 3 | 1:1,248,515 | 28,066 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Uruguay | 3 | 1:1,143,919 | 35,564 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 1:79,678,386 | 25,993 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 134 | 1:33,059 | 3,220 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 19,608 | 1:1,243 | 146 |
| Scotland | 602 | 1:6,218 | 897 |
| Wales | 85 | 1:18,452 | 1,079 |
| Jersey | 5 | 1:10,376 | 1,795 |
| Isle of Man | 2 | 1:27,135 | 1,659 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:32,656 | 2,283 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10,168 | 1:4,939 | 619 |
Whitehead (223) may also be a first name.
Whitehead Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'with the whitehead,' a common sobriquet, as our records prove, especially in North England; compare Hoar. There is no evidence of a local origin, although Redhead and Blackett (Blackhead) are, like Greenhead, local occasionally. Modern instances are needless. The name exists wherever Englishmen settle.
Roger Witheyed, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William Witheyed, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Adam Whiteheued, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Whittehed, 1379: ibid.
Robertus Qwytheued, 1379: ibid.
John Whwiteheyed, Yorkshire: Fabric Rolls of York Minster: Wills and Inventories (Surtees Society).
Rauf Whytehed, Yorkshire Testamenta Eboracensia (Surtees Society).
1745. Married — Owen Whitehead to Mary Russel: St. Michael, Cornhill.
"Fair or white haired." Adam Whytehevde de Hoton, juror on inquisition before the sheriff of Berwick, 1300 (Bain, II, 1178). Henry Quhitehede, burgess of Edinburgh, 1423 (Egidii, p. 46). Andrew Quhytheide was vicar of Lownane in 1485 (RAA., II, 268), and another Andrew Quhithede or Quhittat was rector of Aldcathy, 1523—4 (Scon, p. 202-3). Philip Quhithede was fined for disturbance in Aberdeen, 1492 (CRA., I, p. 421), and another Philip Quhitehede or Quhithed was chamberlain of Linlithgow and a witness in 1557 (ER., XIX, p. 30; Johnsoun). A family of Whitehead of Park flourished in West Lothian in 1585, and Philip Whitehead, sheriff depute of Linlitngow, sat in the Scottish Parliament, 1585 (APS., III, p. 373). Matthew Weitheid or Weitheit, 1575, or Weitheit, 1577, or Weitit, 1581, appears in Dunfermline (Dunfermline). John Whythead at Greatcorse of St. Mary's Isle, 1686 (Kirkcudbright), and George Whitehead was tenant in Lochrig, 1845 (Heirs, 831). Quhitheid 1526, Quhytheid 1585, Quhythed 1466.
(English) 1 With a White Head; White-haired, Fair-haired [Old English hwít + heáfod] Adam Whiteheved.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.
2 (occasionally) Dweller at the White Head or Top (of field, &c.) Cp. Blackhead and Greenhead.
This synonym of Canavan, q,v., is due to a mistranslation. MIF 48
(English) One with a white head, i.e., white hair.
1. This common surname is doubtless derived from the hoary locks of its original bearer. The Annals of the Four Masters mention an Irishman of distinction who was known as "Colgan of the White Head," from this personal peculiarity. The French Blancheteste is synonymous. 2. Local: "the white promontory."
Gray haired.
From the Frisian, Withard; a personal name.
Whitehead Demographics
Average Male Whitehead Height
176.93 cm
Average Female Whitehead Height
162.53 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Whitehead Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Whitehead Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Whitehead (Arabic: وايتهد) is more commonly found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Whitehead click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Whitehead? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,271st most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 67,742 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 59 percent of Whitehead live; 58 percent live in North America and 58 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 603,623rd most widespread first name on earth, held by 223 people.
This surname is most numerous in The United States, where it is held by 57,730 people, or 1 in 6,279. In The United States Whitehead is most numerous in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, Georgia, where 8 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Outside of The United States it occurs in 101 countries. It is also common in England, where 26 percent are found and Australia, where 8 percent are found.
Whitehead Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Whitehead has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Whitehead last name rose 568 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 144 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 140 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 955 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 127 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Whitehead Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Whitehead last name is principally Anglican (52%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Whitehead last name are 12.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.08% being registered with the political party.
The amount Whitehead earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 62.04% more than the national average, earning 560,776 kr per year; in Peru they earn 205.31% more than the national average, earning S/. 59,184 per year; in South Africa they earn 69.26% more than the national average, earning R 402,216 per year; in United States they earn 4.86% less than the national average, earning $41,050 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.25% more than the national average, earning $50,800 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whithehead | 95 | 6 | / |
| Whitehhead | 95 | 3 | / |
| Whittehead | 95 | 3 | / |
| Whitgehead | 95 | 1 | / |
| Whiteheiad | 95 | 1 | / |
| Whiteheead | 95 | 1 | / |
| Whitechead | 95 | 1 | / |
| Whitethead | 95 | 1 | / |
| Whietehead | 95 | 0 | / |
| Whitiehead | 95 | 0 | / |
| Witehead | 94 | 3 | / |
| Whitehehead | 90 | 0 | / |
| Whytehead | 89 | 54 | / |
| Whiteheat | 89 | 2 | / |
| Vhitehead | 89 | 1 | / |
| Witeehead | 89 | 1 | / |
| Whitehaid | 89 | 1 | / |
| Waitehead | 89 | 1 | / |
| Whitihead | 89 | 0 | / |
| Whiteheath | 84 | 0 | / |
| Weathehead | 74 | 1 | / |
| Weteheat | 71 | 0 | / |
| Whitehoust | 63 | 0 | / |
| Withyagiat | 53 | 4 | / |
Whitehead Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Whitehead in the Arabic language | ||
| وايتهد | waythd | - |
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