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    The surname Overly

    A surname, carried by 2,201 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O164

    Overly: #13,746 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Overly #13,746, 2,201 people Overly: #13,746 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Overly #13,746, 2,201 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Overly is more common than 91.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,201 people named Overly in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 140,275 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 2,199.

    #13,746
    rank among US surnames
    2,201
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #12,833)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,737Brunetti2,203140,148
    #13,741Willits2,202140,211
    #13,746Beaird2,201140,275
    #13,752Sova2,200140,339

    Who is named Overly

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

    93% of people named Overly identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Overly

    Overly 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 Overly?
    2,201 people in the United States had the surname Overly in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 140,275 Americans. It ranked 13,746th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Overly?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Overly identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Overly getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,201 in 2010, up 0.1%.