Overseer Surname
Approximately 66 people bear this surname
Overseer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Overseer (204) may also be a first name.
Overseer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Overseer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Overseer has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Overseer? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,352,516th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 110,417,362 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Overseer reside; 77 percent reside in West Africa and 77 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 633,892nd most numerous first name in the world, held by 204 people.
The surname Overseer is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 3,473,387. In Nigeria Overseer is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 69 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 14 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 12 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 21 percent are found and Kenya, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oversee | 93 | 7 | / |
| Overser | 93 | 2 | / |
| Oversier | 88 | 196 | / |
| Oversear | 88 | 3 | / |
| Overseee | 88 | 1 | / |
| Oversere | 88 | 0 | / |
| Overseed | 88 | 0 | / |
| Overse | 86 | 1 | / |
| Oversheet | 82 | 1 | / |
| Oversea | 80 | 164 | / |
| Goverse | 80 | 88 | / |
| Overzee | 80 | 71 | / |
| Overcee | 80 | 4 | / |
| Oversey | 80 | 1 | / |
| Overset | 80 | 0 | / |
| Overzier | 75 | 177 | / |
| Overseas | 75 | 3 | / |
| Overgerd | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ouversey | 75 | 1 | / |
| Oversett | 75 | 0 | / |
| Obersher | 75 | 0 | / |
| Overschie | 71 | 36 | / |
| Obersojer | 71 | 22 | / |
| Oberse | 71 | 11 | / |
| Averse | 71 | 7 | / |
| Overshire | 71 | 3 | / |
| Oversi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Oversy | 71 | 0 | / |
| Oberger | 67 | 495 | / |
| Overzet | 67 | 373 | / |
| Aouerse | 67 | 4 | / |
| Averset | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hoversé | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aversea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Avarser | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Overseer
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis