How common is the surname Oakey?

556 people in the United States had the surname Oakey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 555,298 Americans. It ranked 39,555th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Oakey?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Oakey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Oakey?

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

Where is the surname Oakey most common?

Wikidata records people named Oakey in the United States.

Is the surname Oakey getting more or less common?

More common. 525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 556 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Oakey

An English place surname, carried by 556 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oakey is more common than 75.6% of them.

Origin

English origin

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”).

Oakey is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 556 people named Oakey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 555,298 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 525.

#39,555

rank among US surnames

556

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #39,444)

Who is named Oakey

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Oakey identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Oakeys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Maria Oakey Dewing
American painter (1845–1927)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Okey

Surnames that sound like Oakey

Oakey has the Soundex code O200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O200.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Oakey come from?: 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”).
How common is the surname Oakey?: 556 people in the United States had the surname Oakey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 555,298 Americans. It ranked 39,555th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Oakey?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Oakey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Oakey?: Maria Oakey Dewing, American painter (1845–1927).
Where is the surname Oakey most common?: Wikidata records people named Oakey in the United States.
What type of surname is Oakey?: Oakey is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Oakey getting more or less common?: More common. 525 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 556 in 2010, up 5.9%.
What are other spellings of Oakey?: Okey.