Overy Family History
Overy Name Meaning
English (mainly southeastern): habitational name from a place named
with the Old English phrase ofer ie ‘over, across the
river’, as for example Overy in Oxfordshire. In some cases the name
may be topographic, with the same meaning, or with Old English
eg ‘dry ground in a marsh’, ‘well-watered land’ as the
second element.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Overy Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Overy families
 10 - 18  4 - 9 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Overy families
|
90 - 177 31 - 89 |
1 - 30 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Overy Family Origin
Overy Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Overy
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Overy Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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