Overweg Surname
Approximately 1,301 people bear this surname
Overweg Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 867 | 1:19,478 | 3,061 |
| United States | 384 | 1:943,903 | 70,502 |
| Germany | 16 | 1:5,031,591 | 189,895 |
| South Africa | 12 | 1:4,514,809 | 137,638 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Norway | 4 | 1:1,285,572 | 69,185 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Overweg Demographics
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Overweg Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Overweg Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Overweg is borne by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Overweg click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Overweg? popularity and diffusion
It is the 293,533rd most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,601,496 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 68 percent of Overweg are found; 68 percent are found in Western Europe and 68 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This surname is most frequently occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 867 people, or 1 in 19,478. In The Netherlands Overweg is primarily concentrated in: Overijssel, where 41 percent reside, Gelderland, where 15 percent reside and North Holland, where 12 percent reside. Besides The Netherlands this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 30 percent reside and Germany, where 1 percent reside.
Overweg Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Overweg has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Overweg last name grew 4,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Overweg Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Overweg last name are 47.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 94.74% registered with the political party.
The amount Overweg earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 114.11% more than the national average, earning R 508,800 per year; in United States they earn 1.88% less than the national average, earning $42,337 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.41% less than the national average, earning $46,498 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Averweg | 86 | 61 | / |
| Oberweg | 86 | 20 | / |
| Overvig | 71 | 39 | / |
| Overwyk | 71 | 23 | / |
| Overbek | 71 | 6 | / |
| Overbec | 71 | 1 | / |
| Overbig | 71 | 0 | / |
| Overwijk | 67 | 403 | / |
| Overwick | 67 | 11 | / |
| Averweck | 67 | 1 | / |
| Overwijc | 67 | 1 | / |
| Overveek | 67 | 1 | / |
| Overbeak | 67 | 0 | / |
| D'Overbeck | 59 | 1 | / |
| Overvik | 57 | 219 | / |
| Averbek | 57 | 177 | / |
| Oberbek | 57 | 98 | / |
| Overuik | 57 | 1 | / |
| Oberbec | 57 | 1 | / |
| Haverbek | 53 | 12 | / |
| Averbeek | 53 | 5 | / |
| Owerbeck | 53 | 1 | / |
| Oberwick | 53 | 1 | / |
| Overbick | 53 | 0 | / |
| Haverbeck | 50 | 219 | / |
| Averbeack | 50 | 0 | / |
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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 Overweg
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