How common is the surname Overland?

1,105 people in the United States had the surname Overland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,408 Americans. It ranked 23,100th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Overland?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Overland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

Is the surname Overland getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,116 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,105 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Overland

A surname, carried by 1,105 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O164

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Overland is more common than 85.8% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,105 people named Overland in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 279,408 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,116.

#23,100

rank among US surnames

1,105

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #21,742)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#23,096	Lade	1,106	279,155
#23,100	Huckabay	1,105	279,408

Who is named Overland

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

89% of people named Overland identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
American Indian and Alaska Native 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Overland

Overland 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 Overland?: 1,105 people in the United States had the surname Overland in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 279,408 Americans. It ranked 23,100th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Overland?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Overland identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
Is the surname Overland getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,116 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,105 in 2010, down 1.0%.