Moorehead is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Moorehead
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Moorehead

How popular is Moorehead?

Moorehead is common in United States.

Moorehead is ranked 67636 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Moorehead bearers increased by 3.276568 per cent in 2010 US census to 4791 since 2000, the surname slipped by 283 spots and ranked at 6995. The last name was found in around 16 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 65.08 67.34
Black 28.51 28.3
Hispanic or Latino 2.8 1.57
Others 2.15 1.55
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.81 0.75
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.65 0.47
Moorehead is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while United States Virgin Islands is ahead in terms of density. Around 6702 people have been found who wears Moorehead as their family name. Moorehead is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
18,625 Japan2
897,276 Russia1
7,191 Afghanistan1
151,601 Spain1
53,033 Nigeria1
9,541 Turkmenistan1
81,201 Switzerland1
66,560 Philippines1
91,024 Belgium1
38,830 Morocco1
56,169 Mexico1
1,818 Guernsey1
277,603 France1
169,904 Brazil1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,040 Scotland39
17,920 New Zealand28
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,450 Ireland60
Countries with hundreds of Moorehead:
15,916 Canada233
24,100 England204
1,576 Northern Ireland167
102 United States Virgin Islands108
23,095 Australia106
Countries with thousands of Moorehead:
6,708 United States5,742
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 58 years old merchant Jno. Moorehead who was residing in Ireland migrated to Canada on April 20, 1849 by Europa put out from Liverpool. 20 years old James Moorehead, 25 years old Jas. Moorehead, Hannah Moorehead, aged 35, Isaiah Moorehead (35) Servant, Hannah Moorehead, Mary Moorehead, aged 6, Workwoman Mary-Anne Moorehead, William Moorehead, aged 19, and 20 other Moorehead majority of whom were workman and others worked as farmer and spinster migrated to US from Belfast, Dublin and Liverpool.

Moorehead Namesakes

  • Agnes Moorehead, Actress
  • Agnes Moorehead, Actress
  • Agnes Moorehead, Actress
  • Alan Moorehead, Correspondent
  • Caroline Moorehead, Journalist
  • Craven Moorehead, Film director
  • Emery Moorehead, Football player
  • Kindal Moorehead, Football player
  • Agnes Moorehead, Actress
  • Agnes Moorehead, Actress

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