Overstreet
A surname most likely formed from a place-name or street-side description, literally suggesting someone who lived by an upper or prominent street.
The #2,907 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 25,016 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Overstreet is an English surname built from the words over, meaning "above" or "upper," and street, from Old English stræt, a paved road or principal way. As a surname, it most likely began as a topographic or locational name for someone who lived by, or came from, the upper street in a village or town. In some cases it may also reflect a house or settlement identified as being on the higher side of a roadway.
History
The name is English in form, but it is now especially associated with the United States, where it has been established for generations. Like many descriptive place-based surnames, it probably arose independently in more than one locality rather than from a single ancestral family. Its current spelling is stable and relatively uncommon, which suggests a long-standing but limited family line rather than a heavily diversified surname cluster.
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Fun fact
The surname contains a very old English word, street, whose original sense was a Roman road or paved highway, not just an urban street.