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There are approximately 13,103 people named Head in the UK. That makes it the 775th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 207 are named Head.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

English
Location or Geographical Feature

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The Head surname in historical dictionaries

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)

Anciently written Hede or Hide. Probably from the place written Hede or Hide in Doomsday Book, now Hithe, in Kent, England, where the earliest traces of the Head family are found. From the Anglo-Saxon Hithe, a harbor, a shelter for boats.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

e° HEAD. A component syllable of many surnames derived from places, as Headford, Heading, Headland, Headley &c. See next article. HEAD. A promontory or foreland, as Beachy Head, Spurn Head. Also the source of a river. Head or Hed, was a baptismal name in Scotland, in the XII. century. Hedde, without prefix, is found in H.E., as is also the A-Sax. form Heved.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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