Overstead Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Australia
Highest density in:
Australia

Overstead Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Overstead Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Australia271:999,84158,390
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Overstead Last Name Facts

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

The surname Overstead is more frequently found in Australia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Overstead? popularity and diffusion

The surname Overstead is the 3,602,217th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. It is predominantly found in Oceania, where 90 percent of Overstead are found; 90 percent are found in Australasia and 90 percent are found in Australia and New Zealand.

This last name is most frequent in Australia, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 999,841. In Australia it is mostly found in: Victoria, where 48 percent reside, New South Wales, where 26 percent reside and Queensland, where 26 percent reside. Besides Australia Overstead is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Malaysia, where 3 percent reside.

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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 Overstead
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