How rare is the last name Morehead?

7,212 people in the United States have the last name Morehead, about 1 in 41,445. It ranks #4,753 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

MOREHEAD

#4,753

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,212
About
1 in 41,445
This common or more
57.9%
Who bears it

Of the 7,212 people with the last name Morehead, 72.3% reported their origin as White, 17.4% as Black and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Morehead

1 other last name also has 7,212 people.

#4,753 Andino · 7,212

Either side of Morehead

#4,752 Valente · 7,213#4,753 Andino · 7,212#4,755 Stroup · 7,208#4,756 Morrill · 7,207

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Morehead, most common first.

#7,195 Moorehead · 4,478#7,770 Moorhead · 4,099

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