Head

26,001 people in the United States were counted with the surname Head in the 2020 census, making it the 1,329th most common in the country. That is about one person in 11,500.

By the numbers

People: 26,001
Rank: 1,329th
How common: 1 in 11,500
Per 100,000: 8.7

Where the name comes from

Origin Middle English

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Head described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 75.6%
Black, not Hispanic 16.1%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino 2.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%

Notable people called Head

Anthony Head (1954–2026)English actor
Edith Head (1897–1981)American film and television costumer
Bessie Emery Head (1937–1986)South African born Botswanan writer and teacher
Murray Head (born 1946)British actor and singer
Patrick Head (born 1946)British Formula One team owner
Maaike Head (born 1983)Dutch rower
Daisy Head (born 1991)British actress
Travis Head (born 1993)Australian cricketer

People named Head with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Head

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.