Overton

Overton is the 1,983rd most common surname in the United States, shared by 17,751 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 16,800.

By the numbers

People: 17,751
Rank: 1,983rd
How common: 1 in 16,800
Per 100,000: 5.9

Where the name comes from

Origin Old English

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Overton described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 65.1%
Black, not Hispanic 25.7%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino 3.3%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Overton

Kelly Overton (born 1978)American actress, screenwriter, director, and producer
Richard Overton (1906–2018)American centenarian and oldest verified living World War II veteran
Joseph P. Overton (1960–2003)American political theorist
Rick Overton (born 1954)American actor

People named Overton with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Overton

Also a first name

Overton has been given to 544 American babies as a first name since 1884, peaking in 1918. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.