Overgård

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries

Overgård is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Denmark than in any other country, where it is the 57th most common surname. Recorded meaning: names: Otois, composed of the Gmc elements od prosper¬ ity, riches + widis (from void wide or ivitu wood), or Otewi, in which the second element is wig war.

rarermore common
  • DKDenmark1 in 1.3Kas Overgaard(measured from records)
  • USUnited States1 in 621Kas Overgaard
  • NONorway1 in 34Kas Overgaard

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Overgård itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Denmark (measured from records)

4,502 named Overgaard

Record sources
154 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 1.3K (inferred from the name graph)

Denmark, as Overgaard

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)
OvergaardLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Overgaard in DK Denmark, US United States, SE Sweden and 2 more and Övergaard in FI Finland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

names: Otois, composed of the Gmc elements od prosper¬ ity, riches + widis (from void wide or ivitu wood), or Otewi, in which the second element is wig war. composed of the elements over upper + gard enclosure; cf. Vars.: Ottaway, Otterway, Ot(t)way. Dims.: Otte(r)well, Ottewill, Ottiwell (from OF Otuel).

Cited for this meaning 2

  • A dictionary of surnames
  • The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Overgård counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Overgård is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DK Denmark#574,502as Overgaard1 in 1.3K4.5KOvergaard137
US United States—536as Overgaard1 in 621K570Overgaard154
SE Sweden—181as Overgaard1 in 56K181Overgaard26
NO Norway—162as Overgaard1 in 34K162Overgaard26
CA Canada—≈140 est.≈1 in 268K—Overgaard23
FI Finland—44as Övergaard1 in 127K44Övergaard4

4,502 people counted by Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Overgård is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Norway

    Also written Overgard

  • English surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Antigua & Barbuda

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Overgard, Övergård

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Overgard

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Overgard

  • Swedish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden

    Also written Overgard, Övergård, Övergard

  • Italian name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Overgard

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

4 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Overgård
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—185#2,768
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—106#14,580
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—3#64,539

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Overgård mean, and where does it come from?
names: Otois, composed of the Gmc elements od prosper¬ ity, riches + widis (from void wide or ivitu wood), or Otewi, in which the second element is wig war. Recorded by A dictionary of surnames and The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles.
In which country does Overgård have the most bearers?
In Denmark, the national register counted about 4.5 thousand people named Overgaard, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Overgård most common?
No national register we hold counts the spelling Overgård itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Denmark's: the national register counts about 1 in 1.3 thousand people named Overgaard.
How common is the name Overgård?
In Denmark, the national register counted 4,502 people named Overgaard, about 1 in 1.3 thousand residents.
How common is Overgård compared with other names?
In Denmark, Overgård is the 57th most common surname of 88,366 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Overgård” — the 57th most common surname in Denmark. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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