Muirhead is used as a family name or surname in Australia. It is 8 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Muirhead
No. of characters: 8
Origin: Australia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Muirhead

How popular is Muirhead?

Muirhead is common in Australia.

Muirhead is ranked 41316 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Muirhead bearers increased by 3.330292 per cent in 2010 US census to 2265 since 2000, the surname slipped by 577 spots and ranked at 13445. The last name was found in around 8 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.02 89.19
Black 9.76 7.25
Hispanic or Latino 2.65 1.55
Others 2.34 1.28
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.84 0
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.4 0
Muirhead is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Isle of Man is ahead in terms of density. Around 11807 people have been found who wears Muirhead as their family name. Muirhead is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
932 Bermuda9
82,942 Zimbabwe8
1,005 Cayman Islands7
475 Turks and Caicos Islands6
9,759 Japan5
46,068 Philippines3
90,215 Germany3
40,256 Mexico2
18,718 Thailand2
405 British Virgin Islands2
21,529 Singapore2
34,681 Norway2
11,923 Slovenia1
8,268 Mauritius1
91,024 Belgium1
174,544 Czech Republic1
25,721 Egypt1
21,562 Portugal1
5,872 Namibia1
24,176 Qatar1
1,254 Gibraltar1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
7,790 Zambia1
14,373 Jordan1
3,307 Malta1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
53,505 Turkey1
16,283 Lithuania1
19,533 Uruguay1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
230 Isle of Man48
95,259 Italy45
36,547 Switzerland27
57,220 Netherlands27
11,387 Ireland22
78,041 Spain19
29,040 Denmark15
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
2,536 Northern Ireland83
12,007 Chile72
133,875 France61
3,881 Hong Kong59
6,104 Wales56
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Muirhead:
6,580 South Africa986
582 Jamaica625
2,084 New Zealand362
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Muirhead:
12,182 United States2,904
3,362 England2,285
3,317 Canada1,423
645 Scotland1,299
2,666 Australia1,166
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 27 years old engineer Andrew Muirhead who was residing in St.Petersburgh, Great Britain migrated to USA on February 17, 1848 by Madawaska put out from Glasgow.

Muirhead Namesakes

  • John Henry Muirhead, Philosopher
  • Aaron Muirhead, Soccer player
  • James Muirhead, Judge
  • Oliver Muirhead, Character Actor
  • Eve Muirhead, Curler
  • Oliver Muirhead, Character Actor
  • Alexander Muirhead, Electrical engineer
  • Gerald Stanley Muirhead, Politician
  • James Muirhead, Judge
  • Suzie Muirhead, Olympic athlete

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