as a Last Name
- 30,468
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Head
Meaning & Origins
English (chiefly Kent): from Middle English heved ‘head’, applied as a nickname for someone with some peculiarity or disproportion of the head, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or at the head of a stream or valley. This surname has long been established in Ireland.
| 1,156th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 30,468
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Georgia
- has the most people named Head per capita
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