The overton Surname
overton Name Meaning and History
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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