Overstreet Surname

34,329th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15,442 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Wallis and Futuna

Overstreet Surname Definition:

(English) Dweller at a Roman road by a riverbank.

Overstreet Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States15,3631:23,5932,966
Thailand191:3,717,808320,775
Germany81:10,063,182283,807
England61:9,286,343223,652
Philippines41:25,309,556279,062
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Australia31:8,998,567200,784
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
China21:683,660,78330,601
Nicaragua21:3,010,5457,383
France21:33,211,361423,184
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Wallis and Futuna11:13,610185
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2,7221:18,4492,336

Overstreet (20) may also be a first name.

Overstreet Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(English) Dweller at a Roman road by a riverbank.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Overstreet Last Name Facts

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

Overstreet occurs most in The United States. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Overstreet? popularity and diffusion

Overstreet is the 34,329th most frequent last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 471,930 people. It is mostly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Overstreet live; 99 percent live in North America and 99 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,446,817th most commonly used first name in the world, borne by 20 people.

The surname Overstreet is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is held by 15,363 people, or 1 in 23,593. In The United States it is most frequent in: Texas, where 12 percent reside, Virginia, where 11 percent reside and Florida, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 31 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 0 percent reside and Germany, where 0 percent reside.

Overstreet Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Overstreet has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Overstreet last name grew 564 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Overstreet Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Overstreet surname are 19.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 66.16% being registered with the party.

Overstreet earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 6.23% less than the national average, earning $40,459 USD per year.

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