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    The surname Overy

    An English place surname, carried by 577 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex O160

    Overy: #38,389 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Overy #38,389, 577 people Overy: #38,389 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Overy #38,389, 577 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Overy is more common than 76.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    Habitational surname from the villages of Burnham Overy and Burton Overy, from Old English ofer (“over, above”) + īeġ (“island”).

    Overy 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 577 people named Overy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 535,088 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 545.

    #38,389
    rank among US surnames
    577
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.9%
    change since 2000 (was #38,198)

    Who is named Overy

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

    91% of people named Overy identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.1%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Overy

    Overy has the Soundex code O160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O160.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Overy come from?
    Habitational surname from the villages of Burnham Overy and Burton Overy, from Old English ofer (“over, above”) + īeġ (“island”).
    How common is the surname Overy?
    577 people in the United States had the surname Overy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 535,088 Americans. It ranked 38,389th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Overy?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Overy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Overy?
    Overy is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Overy getting more or less common?
    More common. 545 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 577 in 2010, up 5.9%.