The surname Oak
A surname, carried by 1,110 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex O200
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,110 people named Oak in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 932.
#23,019
rank among US surnames
1,110
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+19.1%
change since 2000 (was #25,006)
Who is named Oak
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
68% of people named Oak identified as white (not Hispanic), 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 68%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 26%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
- Two or more races 2.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Oak has the Soundex code O200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O200.
Questions
- How common is the surname Oak?
- 1,110 people in the United States had the surname Oak in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 278,149 Americans. It ranked 23,019th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Oak?
- In the 2010 Census, 68% of people named Oak identified as white (not Hispanic), and 26% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
- Is the surname Oak getting more or less common?
- More common. 932 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,110 in 2010, up 19%.