Overland Surname

170,487th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,528 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Jersey

Overland Surname Definition:

(Swiss) One who came from Oberland (high land), the name of several districts in Switzerland; dweller in the high lands or mountains.

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Overland Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,7331:209,15120,465
Canada2751:133,98413,895
England2001:278,59021,737
Norway1571:32,7534,576
Australia551:490,83137,357
Sweden261:378,72126,697
Jersey191:5,2211,083
Denmark171:332,04223,714
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Philippines31:33,746,074302,898
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
France21:33,211,361423,184
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
El Salvador11:6,343,8888,415
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Oman11:3,687,97114,390
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England891:273,88119,201
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1051:478,27334,042

The alternate forms: Överland (6) are calculated separately.

Overland (146) may also be a first name.

Overland Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Swiss) One who came from Oberland (high land), the name of several districts in Switzerland; dweller in the high lands or mountains.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

User-submitted Reference

A German and an Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Jews who bear this surname are descendants of Oberlander Jews, which are the Jews who inhabited the northwestern regions of the historical Kingdom of Hungary, which are contemporary western Slovakia and Burgenland.

- noam

Overland Last Name Facts

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

The surname Overland (Russian: Оверланд) occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: Överland. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Overland? popularity and diffusion

It is the 170,487th most frequent last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 2,882,732 people. The surname Overland occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 78 percent of Overland live; 78 percent live in North America and 77 percent live in Anglo-North America. Overland is also the 763,528th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 146 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 1,733 people, or 1 in 209,151. In The United States it is mostly found in: Minnesota, where 14 percent reside, Washington, where 12 percent reside and California, where 10 percent reside. Not including The United States this last name occurs in 30 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 11 percent reside and England, where 8 percent reside.

Overland Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Overland has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Overland last name grew 1,650 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 225 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Overland Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States Overland are 7.59% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 54.36% being registered with the party.

The amount Overland earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Norway they earn 0.79% more than the national average, earning 348,808 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.04% less than the national average, earning $42,268 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.19% more than the national average, earning $54,248 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Overland Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Overland in the Russian language
Оверландoverland-

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