Overby Family History
Overby Name Meaning
Norwegian (Øverby): habitational name from any of
some twenty farmsteads, chiefly in southeastern Norway, named
Øverby, from Old Norse Øfribýr, a compound of
øfri ‘upper’ + býr ‘farmstead’.Danish:
habitational name from any of several places so named.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Overby Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Overby families
 49 - 95  17 - 48 |
 1 - 16  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Overby families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Overby last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Overby Family Origin
Overby Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Overby
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Overby Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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