The Whitehead surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 44,373 people carried this name — #776 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,650 people counted. That is up 2% from 43,310 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Whitehead.
Most of them — 34 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 3 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
38 people named Whitehead live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
25 people named Whitehead is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Whitehead in American newspapers,
1905–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 184,890 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Whitehead,
with a public archive behind them.
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Darren Whitehead d. 2017 · politician
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Alan Whitehead d. 1983 · artist
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Hugh Whitehead d. 1551 · Catholic priest
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James Whitehead d. 1936 · barrister
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Sarah Whitehead d. 1837
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Susan Whitehead d. 1996
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Whitehead.
- Weyh 221 · U.S. census
- Weyl 294 · U.S. census
- Weyland 505 · U.S. census
- Weyrich 282 · U.S. census
- Wheeler 125,058 · U.S. census
- White 660,491 · U.S. census
- Wiard 544 · U.S. census
- Wiatr 308 · U.S. census
- Wichlacz 215 · U.S. census
- Wick 8,333 · U.S. census
- Wicke 676 · U.S. census
- Wicker 10,321 · U.S. census
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