Overton Family History
Overton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the numerous places so
called. Most are named from Old English uferra ‘upper’ +
tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’; others have Old English
ofer ‘riverbank’ or ofer ‘slope’ as the first
element.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Overton
Name Distribution of Overton Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Overton families
 221 - 440  74 - 220 |
 1 - 73  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Overton families
|
9 - 16 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Overton Family Origin
Overton Emigration Information (US)
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Overton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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