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Position:Home>Genealogy> What is the origin of the surname 'OVEREND'?Question:This is the entry in the Oxford Names Companion Overend: English (Yorks.): topographic name for someone who lived at the "upper end" of a settlement, from ME overe,uvere upper (OE ufera) + end end (OE ende) ME = middle english OE= old english Hope it helps Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: This is the entry in the Oxford Names Companion Overend: English (Yorks.): topographic name for someone who lived at the "upper end" of a settlement, from ME overe,uvere upper (OE ufera) + end end (OE ende) ME = middle english OE= old english Hope it helps This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name, OVEREND Name Meaning and History English (Yorkshire): topographic name for someone who lived at the ‘upper end’ of a settlement, from Middle English overe, uvere ‘upper’ + end ‘end’. hope this helps. Overend is also a place name, and it's thought this is where the surname came from. ie, it would mean that ancestors were originally from Overend. How Overends were distributed in 1881: http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/Map... How Overends were distributed in 1998: http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/Map... |