Oversear Surname

10,311,814th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Oversear Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Oversear Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Oversear (33) may also be a first name.

Oversear Last Name Facts

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

The surname Oversear is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Oversear.

How Common Is The Last Name Oversear? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 10,311,814th most common last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 33 percent of Oversear reside; 33 percent reside in West Africa and 33 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Oversear is also the 1,807,719th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 33 people.

This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 177,142,758. In Nigeria Oversear is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 33 percent reside and The United States, where 33 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Overser932/
Oversier88196/
Overseer8866/
Oversere880/
Overzier75177/
Overgerd751/
Obersher750/
Obersojer7122/
Overshire713/
Ovarsiyar711/
Overjaard711/
Oberger67495/
Avarser671/
Abersar671/

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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 Oversear
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis