Overcomer Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Overcomer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Overcomer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Overcomer (193) may also be a first name.

Overcomer Last Name Facts

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

The surname Overcomer is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Overcomer? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 4,772,636th most frequently occurring surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Overcomer live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Overcomer is also the 653,740th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 193 people.

Overcomer is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 29 percent reside, Lagos, where 29 percent reside and Rivers, where 21 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 6 percent reside and Russia, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Havercome7846/
Obersamer6753/
Oberkamer671/
Haverkame561/

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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 Overcomer
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