Overholser Surname

236,504th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,699 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Overholser Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Overholser Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,6941:213,96620,872
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
England11:55,718,059489,080
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3701:135,72612,894

Overholser Last Name Facts

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

Overholser is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Overholser? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 236,504th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 4,289,315 people. The surname Overholser is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Overholser live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Overholser is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 1,694 people, or 1 in 213,966. In The United States Overholser is primarily concentrated in: Ohio, where 20 percent are found, Indiana, where 11 percent are found and California, where 8 percent are found. Barring The United States it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Overholser Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Overholser has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Overholser last name increased 458 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Overholser Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Overholser last name are 34.63% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.86% registered to vote for the political party.

Overholser earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 1.58% more than the national average, earning $43,830 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Overholser
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