Overwijk Surname

722,496th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 403 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Overwijk Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Overwijk Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands3781:44,6757,603
Canada161:2,302,849139,666
Spain41:11,688,009116,470
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
England11:55,718,059489,080
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Overwijk Last Name Facts

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

Overwijk occurs most in The Netherlands. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Overwijk? popularity and diffusion

The last name Overwijk is the 722,496th most frequently occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 18,083,240 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 95 percent of Overwijk are found; 94 percent are found in Western Europe and 94 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is held by 378 people, or 1 in 44,675. In The Netherlands Overwijk is mostly concentrated in: Friesland, where 46 percent are found, South Holland, where 17 percent are found and Groningen, where 9 percent are found. Aside from The Netherlands Overwijk is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 4 percent are found and Spain, where 1 percent are found.

Overwijk Last Name Statistics demography

Overwijk earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 11.06% less than the national average, earning $44,186 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Overwick8811/
Overwijc881/
Overvik80219/
Overwyk8023/
Overuik801/
Oberwick751/
Overbick750/
Overweg671,301/
Overvig6739/
Avervik678/
Overbek676/
Övervik672/
Overbig670/
Averweck631/
Overveek631/
Overbeak630/
D'Overbeck561/
Hasberwick561/
Averbek53177/
Oberbek5398/
Averweg5361/
Oberweg5320/
Overbec531/
Haverbek5012/
Averbäck506/
Averbeek505/
Owerbeck501/
Awarwick500/
Overboug500/

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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 Overwijk
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