How common is the surname Overton?

18,820 people in the United States had the surname Overton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,405 Americans. It ranked 1,914th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Overton?

Kelly Overton, American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer, followed by Richard Overton.

Where is the surname Overton most common?

Wikidata records people named Overton in the United States.

How do you pronounce Overton?

Overton is /ˈoʊvɚtən/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Overton getting more or less common?

More common. 18,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,820 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Overton

An English place surname, carried by 18,820 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈoʊvɚtən/ 3 syllables Soundex O163

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Overton is more common than 98.8% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English ōfer (“riverbank”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Overton is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 18,820 people named Overton in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 16,405 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 18,094.

#1,914

rank among US surnames

18,820

people in 2010

6.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #1,822)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,905	Barrientos	18,877	16,356
#1,906	Ogden	18,860	16,370
#1,907	McClendon	18,857	16,373
#1,908	Araujo	18,856	16,374
#1,909	Sumner	18,838	16,390
#1,910	Saavedra	18,834	16,393
#1,912	Landis	18,826	16,400

Who is named Overton

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

67% of people named Overton identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 67%
Black (not Hispanic) 27%
Two or more races 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Overtons

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kelly Overton
American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer, born 1978
Richard Overton
American centenarian and oldest verified living World War II veteran, 1906–2018
Joseph P. Overton
American political theorist (1960–2003)
Rick Overton
American actor, born 1954
John H. Overton
American politician (1875-1948)
Frank Overton
American actor (1918-1967)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Overton

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Overton has the Soundex code O163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O163.

Other English surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Overton come from?: From Old English ōfer (“riverbank”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
How common is the surname Overton?: 18,820 people in the United States had the surname Overton in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 16,405 Americans. It ranked 1,914th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Overton?: In the 2010 Census, 67% of people named Overton identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Overton?: Kelly Overton, American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer, followed by Richard Overton.
Where is the surname Overton most common?: Wikidata records people named Overton in the United States.
How do you pronounce Overton?: Overton is /ˈoʊvɚtən/, 3 syllables.
What type of surname is Overton?: Overton is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Overton getting more or less common?: More common. 18,094 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 18,820 in 2010, up 4.0%.