Overs Surname

370,695th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 969 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man

Overs Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Over,' parishes in the Dioceses Ely and Chester. The first seems to have been the parent of the surname. I do not find any traces of an old settled family in the county of Cheshire.

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Overs Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3541:1,023,89575,330
Australia2311:116,86512,949
England1951:285,73422,108
Germany811:993,89568,573
Canada761:484,81041,569
Wales171:182,03112,022
India51:153,413,076951,030
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
France21:33,211,361423,184
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England931:262,10118,696
Scotland11:3,743,21632,299
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States601:836,97851,589

Overs (31) may also be a first name.

Overs Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Over,' parishes in the Dioceses Ely and Chester. The first seems to have been the parent of the surname. I do not find any traces of an old settled family in the county of Cheshire. 'Over, Anglo-Saxon ofer, ... a shore': Taylor, Words and Places (ed. 1885).

Richard de Overe, Huntingdonshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Nicholas Over, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Sybil de Ouere, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

John de Ouere, Cambridgeshire, ibid.

Lucas de Overe, 1300. Writs of Parliament.

1714. Baptised — Letitia, d. Mathew Over: St. James, Clerkenwell.

1780. Married — William Over and Sarah Crissick: St. George, Hanover Square.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Perhaps from one or other of the English places so named. James Our was tenant of Burnside of Stobhall, 1760 (Dunkeld). John de Overe appears in the English Hundred Rolls, 1273. compare Eure. Perhaps now lost in Ure.

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Genit., or pl., of Over, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Parishes and places in cos. Cambridge, Gloucester, Chester, &c.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

From Over, name of several places, especially in cos. Cambridge and Chester. See also Very.

Ludus Patronymicus (1868) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Robert Ovriz, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae); Richard de Overe, Engl. c. 1272 (Rotuli Hundredorum).

The Norman People (1874)

Overs Last Name Facts

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

The surname Overs occurs most in The United States. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Overs click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Overs? popularity and diffusion

The last name Overs is the 370,695th most common last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 7,520,687 people. The last name Overs occurs mostly in The Americas, where 44 percent of Overs live; 44 percent live in North America and 44 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 1,874,099th most widespread given name world-wide, borne by 31 people.

The last name Overs is most common in The United States, where it is borne by 354 people, or 1 in 1,023,895. In The United States Overs is most prevalent in: Ohio, where 23 percent live, New York, where 14 percent live and California, where 11 percent live. Apart from The United States it is found in 14 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 24 percent live and England, where 20 percent live.

Overs Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Overs has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Overs surname increased 590 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 210 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Overs Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Overs are 18.8% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 65.57% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Overs earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 1.94% more than the national average, earning $43,985 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.87% less than the national average, earning $45,277 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Govers913,515/
Hovers91388/
Oversø9156/
Overst9125/
Oevers9123/
Overse911/
Oivers911/
Hoevers83697/
Hoovers8379/
Goovers8356/
Oversch830/
Evers8049,256/
Owers802,616/
Avers801,003/
Obers80377/
Ovars801/
Oberst735,005/
Havers731,941/
Hobers73218/
Eevers73173/
Hevers7365/
Gavers7359/
Howers7352/
Eversz7342/
Everss7321/
Everås7316/
Ouwers7314/
Oberse7311/
Averse737/
Aevers737/
Averst736/
Överås736/
Auvers735/
Averås734/
Överst733/
Overch733/
Aviers732/
Ahvers732/
Gobers732/
Obersz731/
Ovarsh731/
Asvers731/
Oewers731/
Averss731/
Obeers731/
Everrs731/
Eveers731/
Aveirs730/
Oowers730/
Osbers730/
Eviers730/
Evears730/
Oiwers730/
Houwers67582/
Obersht67184/
Oberszt6779/
Heuvers6764/
Haevers6746/
Heevers6720/
Haverås6712/
Aouerse674/
Oberstt672/
O'Berst672/
Hobersh671/
Aversch671/
Goubers671/
Goobers670/
Hoobers670/
Hoberst670/
Houbers670/

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