# Oakey (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/oakey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 556 |
| US rank (2010) | 39,555 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 555,298 people |
| Change since 2000 | +5.9% (525 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Okey |

## Etymology

Two possible origins: * From the Old Norse personal name Áki. * English topographic surname composed of the Middle English elements ook (“oak”) and hegge (“hedge, bush, shrub”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Oakey in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Oakey in the United States.

## People named Oakey

- Maria Oakey Dewing, American painter (1845–1927)

## Similar surnames

Oak, Oaks, Ochoa, O'Shea, Ochs, Owusu, Ogg, Ogawa, Osei, Ouk, Ojo, Okoye.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.