Head is used as a family name or surname in England. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Head
No. of characters: 4
Origin: England
Meaning: Probably from the place written Hede or Hide in Doomsday Book, now Hithe, in Kent, England, where the earliest traces of the Head family are found. From the Anglo-Saxon Hithe, a harbor, a shelter for boats

How popular is Head?

Head is common in United States, England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Wales, Kenya, South Africa, Scotland, Iran, India, Germany, France.

Head is ranked 9473 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Head bearers increased by 0.2718789 per cent in 2010 US census to 27292 since 2000, the surname slipped by 105 spots and ranked at 1285. The last name was found in around 92 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 78.41 80.33
Black 16.72 15.72
Hispanic or Latino 1.87 1.29
Others 1.71 1.34
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.84 0.96
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.45 0.35
Head is quite popular family name mostly used in United States however England is ahead in terms of density. Around 60150 people have been found who wears Head as their family name. Head is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
80,934 Czech Republic10
1,777 Isle of Man10
4,381 Montenegro9
53,291 Morocco9
9,186 Sri Lanka9
3,031 Guam8
1,285 Bermuda7
22,063 Colombia7
992 Gibraltar6
156,561 Poland6
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
25,288 Belarus48
9,378 Kuwait47
9,115 Qatar42
44,782 Netherlands38
9,152 Egypt36
1,508 Vietnam36
35,766 Malaysia30
228,523 Indonesia28
180,415 Brazil27
45,540 Kazakhstan25
25,585 Switzerland25
168,092 Philippines21
12,771 Estonia19
32,945 Mexico19
2,541 China18
39,818 Sweden18
60,808 Belgium16
35,742 Hungary16
279,851 Thailand15
106,579 Italy14
80,726 Pakistan14
76,062 Zimbabwe11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
22,740 Japan90
95,764 Nigeria82
2,638 Northern Ireland81
27,823 Spain79
4,883 Singapore71
Countries with hundreds of Head:
984 New Zealand762
6,425 Saudi Arabia710
38,903 Russia357
981 Wales348
17,477 Kenya253
21,465 South Africa247
2,808 Scotland213
25,289 Iran196
123,573 India157
55,571 Germany109
84,060 France103
Countries with thousands of Head:
1,431 Canada3,858
912 Australia3,824
Countries with ten thousands of Head:
1,183 United States36,447
669 England11,355
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Eliza Head worked as maid and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 21 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Garrick and arrived on June 1, 1846. Workman Thomas Head, Workman James Head, Catharine Head, aged 21, 4 years old William Head, Miner George Head, Michael Head, aged 26, Ann-Jane Head (30) Spinster, John Head, aged 30, and 29 other Head around 58.33% of whom were workman while others worked as spinster and farmer migrated to US from Liverpool, Bristol and Belfast.

Head Namesakes

  • Tommy Head, Tennessee Democratic politician and a former member of that state's House of Representatives
  • Howard Head, aeronautical engineer
  • Dena Head, American retired women's basketball player
  • Matthew Head, former Australian rules football umpire
  • Edward D. Head, 11th Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo
  • Richard Head, author, playwright and bookseller
  • Frederick Head, MC & Bar was Anglican archbishop of Melbourne
  • Tim Head, British artist
  • Venissa Head, former international track and field athlete
  • Lafayette Head, first Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
  • Henry Head, English neurologist
  • Francis Bond Head, KCH PC, known as "Galloping Head"
  • Murray Head, English actor and singer
  • Edith Head, American costume designer
  • Edmund Walker Head, 19th-century British politician and diplomat
  • Patrick Head, is co-founder and former Engineering Director of the Williams Formula One team
  • The Bodley Head, English publishing house
  • Dead Head, Dutch thrash metal band from the Dutch city Kampen
  • Bessie Head, though born in South Africa
  • Luther Head, American professional basketball shooting guard
  • Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head, British soldier
  • Galen Head, Canadian retired professional ice hockey player
  • Nathaniel Head, American construction material supplier and Republican politician
  • Mathew Head, Australian former professional rugby league footballer
  • Medicine Head, British blues rock band – initially a duo – active
  • DJ Head, three-time Grammy Award winning hip-hop producer and DJ
  • Kasie Head, former model on NBC's 'Deal or No Deal' where she held case #16
  • Truman Head, famous member of the 1st United States Sharpshooters during the American Civil War
  • Jesse Head, American actor
  • Freddy Head, retired champion jockey
  • Roy Head, American singer
  • Lindsay Head, former Australian rules footballer
  • Bert Head, English professional football player and manager
  • Ivan Head, Canadian lawyer, legal scholar, and civil servant
  • Sundance Head, American country-soul singer and songwriter
  • Rodger Head, Australian rules footballer
  • Douglas M. Head, American politician and 25th Attorney General of Minnesota
  • Poisoned Electrick Head, English psychedelic indie rock/punk band
  • Ed Head, professional baseball player
  • William O. Head, was mayor of Louisville
  • Walter W. Head, American banker and insurance executive
  • Alicia Esteve Head,
  • George Head, English commissariat officer and deputy Knight Marshal

Head Namesakes

  • Tommy Head, Tennessee Democratic politician and a former member of that state's House of Representatives
  • Howard Head, aeronautical engineer
  • Dena Head, American retired women's basketball player
  • Matthew Head, former Australian rules football umpire
  • Edward D. Head, 11th Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo
  • Richard Head, author, playwright and bookseller
  • Frederick Head, MC & Bar was Anglican archbishop of Melbourne
  • Tim Head, British artist
  • Venissa Head, former international track and field athlete
  • Lafayette Head, first Lieutenant Governor of Colorado
  • Henry Head, English neurologist
  • Francis Bond Head, KCH PC, known as "Galloping Head"
  • Murray Head, English actor and singer
  • Edith Head, American costume designer
  • Edmund Walker Head, 19th-century British politician and diplomat
  • Patrick Head, is co-founder and former Engineering Director of the Williams Formula One team
  • The Bodley Head, English publishing house
  • Dead Head, Dutch thrash metal band from the Dutch city Kampen
  • Bessie Head, though born in South Africa
  • Luther Head, American professional basketball shooting guard
  • Antony Head, 1st Viscount Head, British soldier
  • Galen Head, Canadian retired professional ice hockey player
  • Nathaniel Head, American construction material supplier and Republican politician
  • Mathew Head, Australian former professional rugby league footballer
  • Medicine Head, British blues rock band – initially a duo – active
  • DJ Head, three-time Grammy Award winning hip-hop producer and DJ
  • Kasie Head, former model on NBC's 'Deal or No Deal' where she held case #16
  • Truman Head, famous member of the 1st United States Sharpshooters during the American Civil War
  • Jesse Head, American actor
  • Freddy Head, retired champion jockey
  • Roy Head, American singer
  • Lindsay Head, former Australian rules footballer
  • Bert Head, English professional football player and manager
  • Ivan Head, Canadian lawyer, legal scholar, and civil servant
  • Sundance Head, American country-soul singer and songwriter
  • Rodger Head, Australian rules footballer
  • Douglas M. Head, American politician and 25th Attorney General of Minnesota
  • Poisoned Electrick Head, English psychedelic indie rock/punk band
  • Ed Head, professional baseball player
  • William O. Head, was mayor of Louisville
  • Walter W. Head, American banker and insurance executive
  • Alicia Esteve Head,
  • George Head, English commissariat officer and deputy Knight Marshal

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