The surname OVERSTREET principally originated as a topographical or locational surname. 

Such locational (habitational) surnames often derived from a specific location where an individual resided, had landholdings, or had familial origins. 

Derived from Old English terms such as ofer (bank, shore) and straet (street, road), topographical influences for the OVERSTREET surname commonly sprung from persons living above a street, near an elevated road, a crossroads, or a riverbank. 

It could also be an altered Flemish (OVERSTRAETE) or German (OBERSTRASS) name, indicating someone living near a prominent street or crossing.