Overseth Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Overseth Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Overseth Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States481:7,551,228341,161
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

The alternate forms: Överseth (2) are calculated separately.

Overseth Last Name Facts

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

The last name Overseth is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Överseth. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Overseth? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,746,821st most commonly held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The surname Overseth occurs mostly in The Americas, where 98 percent of Overseth live; 96 percent live in North America and 96 percent live in Anglo-North America.

The surname Overseth is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 48 people, or 1 in 7,551,228. In The United States it is most common in: South Dakota, where 29 percent live, Georgia, where 17 percent live and California, where 10 percent live. Aside from The United States this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Chile, where 2 percent live and Switzerland, where 2 percent live.

Overseth Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Overseth has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 686 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Overseth Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Overseth are 23.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 70% being registered to vote for the political party.

Overseth earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 60.29% more than the national average, earning $69,162 USD 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
  • 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 Overseth
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