The overland Surname
overland Name Meaning and History
- Norwegian: habitational name from any of some twenty farmsteads, mainly in Telemark and on the west coast, named Øverland, from øver ‘upper’ + land ‘land’.
- English: habitational name from Overland Farm in Kent, named with Old English yfer ‘hill brow’ + land ‘land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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