Over Family History

English: habitational name from any of several places called Over such as those in Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, and Gloucestershire, or Littleover and Mickleover (both in Derbyshire), or a topographic name from residence at a bank or river bank from Old English ōfer ‘bank’.

It can also refer to residence in the upper part of a settlement or at the top of a slope from Old English ofer ‘slope, hill, ridge’. North German and Dutch: topographic name denoting someone who lived above or beyond a settlement or feature.

Swedish (Över): ornamental name of unexplained etymology.