Olverson Surname

970,883rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 267 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Olverson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Olverson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1871:1,938,283125,322
England711:784,76142,668
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
France11:66,422,722504,397
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:1,255,46770,036

Olverson Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Olverson Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Olverson occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Olverson? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 970,883rd most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 27,294,179 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 70 percent of Olverson live; 70 percent live in North America and 70 percent live in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 1,938,283. In The United States it is primarily found in: Ohio, where 35 percent are found, Virginia, where 18 percent are found and Pennsylvania, where 10 percent are found. Apart from The United States this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in England, where 27 percent are found and Canada, where 1 percent are found.

Olverson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Olverson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Olverson surname expanded 468 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 592 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Olverson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Olverson are 24.28% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 71.05% being registered to vote for the political party.

Olverson earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.38% less than the national average, earning $40,394 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Olverson
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