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The surname Overfield

A surname, carried by 1,370 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O161

Overfield: #19,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Overfield #19,671, 1,370 people Overfield: #19,671 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Overfield #19,671, 1,370 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Overfield is more common than 87.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,370 people named Overfield in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 225,362 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,395.

#19,671
rank among US surnames
1,370
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
-1.8%
change since 2000 (was #18,329)

Who is named Overfield

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

96% of people named Overfield identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Two or more races 1.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Overfield

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

Questions

How common is the surname Overfield?
1,370 people in the United States had the surname Overfield in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 225,362 Americans. It ranked 19,671st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Overfield?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Overfield identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
Is the surname Overfield getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,370 in 2010, down 1.8%.