Overath Surname

403,243rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 870 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Belgium

Overath Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Overath Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany7011:114,84414,149
Belgium1071:107,44516,114
United States461:7,879,542351,394
Switzerland71:1,173,27469,697
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Overath (31) may also be a first name.

Overath Last Name Facts

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

The surname Overath is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Overath? popularity and diffusion

It is the 403,243rd most commonly held last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 8,376,490 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 94 percent of Overath live; 94 percent live in Western Europe and 86 percent live in Germanic Europe. Overath is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used forename throughout the world It is held by 31 people.

This last name is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 701 people, or 1 in 114,844. In Germany Overath is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 74 percent live, Schleswig-Holstein, where 8 percent live and Bavaria, where 5 percent live. Barring Germany this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 5 percent live.

Overath Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Overath last name are 19.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 72.73% registered to vote for the party.

Overath earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 18.8% less than the national average, earning $35,035 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Overrath93105/
Hoverath9382/
Overzat8661/
Overhat862/
Overatt861/
Overgat861/
Oberrath8091/
Overaitė801/
Everat7710/
Oberat772/
Averat771/
Ovarat771/
Ouveratte751/
Averzaath751/
Haverrath751/
Everatt71640/
Averats719/
Obirath716/
Avarath714/
Averate712/
Everaat711/
Averatt711/
Everhat710/
Oweratt710/
Overead710/
Haveroth67377/
Overhead6769/
Overheid6735/
Howarath671/
Haverate671/
Overgaad671/
Everhait670/
Everheat670/
Overhotz670/
Everroth670/
Oberhoth670/

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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 Overath
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