The surname Overturf
A German surname, carried by 2,208 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex O163
Origin
German origin
Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Oberdorf.
One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,208 people named Overturf in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 139,830 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,221.
Who is named Overturf
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Overturf identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 2.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Overturf
Overturf has the Soundex code O163, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O163.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Overturf come from?
- Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Oberdorf.
- How common is the surname Overturf?
- 2,208 people in the United States had the surname Overturf in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 139,830 Americans. It ranked 13,707th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Overturf?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Overturf identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Overturf getting more or less common?
- Less common. 2,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,208 in 2010, down 0.6%.