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 last name Overath occurs more in Germany more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Overath? popularity and diffusion

The surname Overath is the 403,243rd most prevalent last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 8,376,490 people. The last name Overath occurs mostly 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 frequent first name in the world, borne by 31 people.

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

Overath Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Overath surname are 19.5% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 72.73% being registered to vote for the political 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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