Moorehead Family Crest and Last Name Background

Spelled Moorehead, the surname still points back to Muirhead. At root, the name means “Someone who came from Muirhead (end of the moor)”. Records show Moorehead as one of the forms Muirhead took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.

The 2010 census count for Moorehead in the United States was 4,791, good for rank 6,995.

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Muirhead surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Want more than a summary? See the Moorehead family name pack.