How common is the surname Overbay?

1,613 people in the United States had the surname Overbay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,411 Americans. It ranked 17,472nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Overbay?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Overbay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Overbay getting more or less common?

More common. 1,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,613 in 2010, up 2.2%.

The surname Overbay

A surname, carried by 1,613 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O161

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Overbay is more common than 89.2% of them.

Origin

Variant of Overby.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,613 people named Overbay in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 191,411 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,578.

#17,472

rank among US surnames

1,613

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.2%

change since 2000 (was #16,694)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,463	Bazaldua	1,614	191,292
#17,472	Wisneski	1,613	191,411
#17,481	Searls	1,612	191,529

Who is named Overbay

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

95% of people named Overbay identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Overbay

Overbay has the Soundex code O161, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O161.

Questions

Where does the surname Overbay come from?: Variant of Overby.
How common is the surname Overbay?: 1,613 people in the United States had the surname Overbay in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 191,411 Americans. It ranked 17,472nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Overbay?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Overbay identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Overbay getting more or less common?: More common. 1,578 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,613 in 2010, up 2.2%.