Overhoff Surname

366,307th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 984 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Micronesia

Overhoff Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Overhoff Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany6661:120,87914,789
United States1981:1,830,601119,637
Netherlands421:402,07642,431
Canada261:1,417,13898,245
Micronesia241:4,427583
France111:6,038,429280,838
Austria61:1,419,23986,529
England61:9,286,343223,652
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Overhoff Last Name Facts

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

The last name Overhoff is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Overhoff? popularity and diffusion

Overhoff is the 366,307th most frequently held surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 7,406,043 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 74 percent of Overhoff are found; 74 percent are found in Western Europe and 73 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name Overhoff is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 666 people, or 1 in 120,879. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 67 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 22 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 3 percent reside. Without taking into account Germany this surname exists in 11 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 20 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 4 percent reside.

Overhoff Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Overhoff has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Overhoff last name increased 3,300 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it increased 600 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Overhoff Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Overhoff last name are 32.4% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 79.17% registered with the political party.

The amount Overhoff earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 36.12% more than the national average, earning $58,736 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.09% more than the national average, earning $53,704 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Overhof93100/
Overoff935/
Averhoff88892/
Oberhoff88700/
Overoffe886/
Everhoff881/
Overhoof880/
Overof861/
Averhhoff821/
Averoff80208/
Oberhof8073/
Averhof8019/
Oberoff8014/
Overoft800/
Ouvaroff7538/
Awerhoff754/
Averohff754/
Gaverhof754/
Oberoffe751/
Averof7185/
Overov7113/
Overova677/
Everhov676/
Owaroff673/
Aberhof671/
Oberofe671/
Goverov671/
Overgov671/
Oberhov671/

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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 Overhoff
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