Murhead Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 7
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Murhead Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Murhead family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 3
Gardener 1
Wheelwright 1
Wheelwright Wife 1
Errand Boy 1
Joiner 1
Mason 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Murhead

Name Census Frequency
John Murhead 13
Elizabeth Murhead 9
James Murhead 9
William Murhead 8
Margaret Murhead 7
George Murhead 6
Frederick Murhead 4
Alice Murhead 3
Robert Murhead 3
Samuel Murhead 3
Thomas Murhead 3
Ann Murhead 2
David Murhead 2
Dorothy Murhead 2
Eliza Murhead 2
Ellen Murhead 2
Flora Murhead 2
Harriett Murhead 2
Henry Murhead 2
Hester Murhead 2
Jane Murhead 2
Julia Murhead 2
Mary Murhead 2
Sarah Murhead 2
Adeline Murhead 1

Murhead Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Muirhead 88% 3,059
2 Moorhead 75% 1,426
3 Morehead 75% 644
4 Moorehead 67% 371
5 Murhead 100% 123

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The surname Murhead is the 5th most popular variant of Muirhead.

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