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    The surname Overholser

    A surname, carried by 1,184 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex O164

    Overholser: #21,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Overholser #21,926, 1,184 people Overholser: #21,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Overholser #21,926, 1,184 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Overholser is more common than 86.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,184 people named Overholser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,765 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,143.

    #21,926
    rank among US surnames
    1,184
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.6%
    change since 2000 (was #21,349)

    Who is named Overholser

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

    96% of people named Overholser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Overholser

    Overholser has the Soundex code O164, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O164.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Overholser?
    1,184 people in the United States had the surname Overholser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,765 Americans. It ranked 21,926th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Overholser?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Overholser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Overholser getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,143 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,184 in 2010, up 3.6%.