Greathead is used as a family name or surname in many languages. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Greathead
No. of characters: 9
Origin: Unknown
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Greathead

How popular is Greathead?

Greathead is ranked 201671 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Greatheads plummeted by 2.040816 per cent to 192 since 2000 and slipped by 7032 spots and ranked at 95115. The last name was found in around 1 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 97.4 96.43
Greathead is not so popular last name but still a prevalent family name common in South Africa. On the other hand, it is more oftenly used in New Zealand. Around 1701 people have been found who wears Greathead as their family name. Greathead have bearers in many countries around the world. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,670 Mozambique2
18,969 Wales1
4,999 Papua New Guinea1
29,046 Japan1
172,258 Germany1
53,505 Turkey1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
18,457 Scotland20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
40,037 Canada80
12,143 New Zealand52
Countries with hundreds of Greathead:
10,869 South Africa584
12,144 England500
93,305 United States246
12,932 Australia212

Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 26 years old pitman Edward Greathead who was residing in Great Britain migrated to USA on May 8, 1849 by Numa put out from Hartlepool. Elizabeth Greathead (23) Immigrant, 3 years old Elizabeth-Ann Greathead, are other Greathead that migrated to US.

Greathead Namesakes

  • Aston Greathead, Artist
  • James Henry Greathead, Civil engineer

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