Overington Surname

344,343rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,064 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
New Zealand

Overington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Overington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6581:84,6789,300
Australia1341:201,46019,724
United States1321:2,745,901164,003
New Zealand711:63,7799,777
Canada381:969,62173,252
South Africa101:5,417,770150,016
Thailand61:11,773,058553,295
Wales51:618,90625,852
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Hong Kong21:3,667,74211,574
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England2061:118,32711,338
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States171:2,954,040135,915

Overington Last Name Facts

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

The surname Overington occurs in England more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Overington? popularity and diffusion

It is the 344,343rd most widespread surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 6,849,197 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 63 percent of Overington live; 63 percent live in Northern Europe and 62 percent live in British Isles.

This last name is most common in England, where it is held by 658 people, or 1 in 84,678. In England Overington is most common in: West Sussex, where 20 percent are found, Surrey, where 19 percent are found and Greater London, where 14 percent are found. Excluding England this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.

Overington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Overington has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name grew 319 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it grew 776 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Overington Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Overington last name are 2.33% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 55.56% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Overington earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 61.47% more than the national average, earning R 383,724 per year; in United States they earn 13.12% more than the national average, earning $48,812 USD per year and in Canada they earn 40.68% more than the national average, earning $69,895 CAD 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
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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 Overington
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