Overland Family History
Overland Name Meaning
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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Name Distribution of Overland Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Overland families
 24 - 45  9 - 23 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Overland families
|
29 - 56 10 - 28 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Overland census records
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Overland Family Origin
Overland Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Overland
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Overland Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Overland census records
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Overland Civil War Service Records
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