Explore the Family Name Overfelt

The meaning of Overfelt

Americanized form of German Oberfeld or, in some cases, Dutch Overveld, a habitational name from any of various minor places in Belgium and the Netherlands called Overveld, meaning ‘across the field’.

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How common is the last name Overfelt in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Overfelt saw a slight decline between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked as the 30,023rd most popular surname in the United States with 737 individuals bearing the name. By 2010, its rank had fallen to 31,285, despite a small increase in count to 741 individuals. Consequently, the proportion of people named Overfelt per 100,000 decreased by 7.41 percent over this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#30,023	#31,285	-4.2%
Count	737	741	0.54%
Proportion per 100k	0.27	0.25	-7.41%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Overfelt

When it comes to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the surname Overfelt identified as White — 97.29 percent in 2000 and 95.55 percent in 2010. However, there was a noticeable increase in those identifying as Hispanic, rising from 1.36 percent in 2000 to 2.29 percent in 2010. The percentage of individuals identifying as belonging to two or more races also increased from 0.81 percent to 1.08 percent. Meanwhile, data for Asian/Pacific Islander and Black ethnicities were either zero or suppressed (S) for privacy reasons. Notably, an addition in the 2010 census shows that 0.67 percent of people with the Overfelt surname identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native, which was not recorded in the 2000 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.29%	95.55%	-1.79%
Hispanic	1.36%	2.29%	68.38%
Two or More Races	0.81%	1.08%	33.33%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.67%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%