Last Name OVER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning Local: Of Over, parishes in dioceses Ely and Chester. The first seems to have been the parent of the surname. From 'ofer,' a shore, the land bordering on water, a river-bank, sea-shore.
Origin English, Swedish, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank 22,222 (2000 US census) 31,387 (1990 US census)
Count 1,083 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 90.77%, or 983 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 3.79%, or 41 total occurrences, as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 2.4%, or 26 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.75%, or 19 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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