Overson Surname

257,298th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,531 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
England

Overson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Overson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1551:313,81728,710
England2971:187,60316,709
Australia551:490,83137,357
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Wales41:773,63329,106
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
France11:66,422,722504,397
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England971:251,29218,244
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1221:411,62930,405

Overson (291) may also be a first name.

Overson Last Name Facts

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

Overson is more frequently found in The United States than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Overson? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 257,298th most commonly held surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 4,759,991 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Overson are found; 62 percent are found in North America and 62 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Overson is also the 517,703rd most widespread forename internationally It is held by 291 people.

The surname is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 1,155 people, or 1 in 313,817. In The United States it is most frequent in: Utah, where 18 percent reside, Minnesota, where 13 percent reside and California, where 11 percent reside. Other than The United States this last name is found in 16 countries. It is also found in England, where 19 percent reside and Australia, where 4 percent reside.

Overson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Overson has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname rose 947 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 306 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Overson Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Overson last name are 26.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 73% being registered with the political party.

Overson earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 12.03% more than the national average, earning $48,341 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
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  • 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 Overson
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