How common is the surname Oakley?

17,238 people in the United States had the surname Oakley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,911 Americans. It ranked 2,099th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Oakley?

Annie Oakley, American exhibition sharpshooter (1860–1926), followed by Tyler Oakley.

Where is the surname Oakley most common?

Wikidata records people named Oakley in the United States.

How do you pronounce Oakley?

Oakley is /ˈoʊkli/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Oakley getting more or less common?

More common. 16,733 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,238 in 2010, up 3.0%.

Is Oakley also a first name?

Yes. Oakley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Oakley

An English place surname, carried by 17,238 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈoʊkli/ 2 syllables Soundex O240 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oakley is more common than 98.7% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English Āclēa, from āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), thus a clearing in an oak forest; equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Ackley, Akeley and Oakleigh, which have the same origin.

Oakley 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 17,238 people named Oakley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 17,911 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,733.

#2,099

rank among US surnames

17,238

people in 2010

5.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #1,984)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,090	Montero	17,314	17,832
#2,091	Stringer	17,300	17,847
#2,092	Whitt	17,293	17,854
#2,093	Eckert	17,269	17,879
#2,095	McGovern	17,257	17,891
#2,096	Boykin	17,255	17,893
#2,097	Saldivar	17,250	17,898

Who is named Oakley

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

85% of people named Oakley identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 85%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Oakleys

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Annie Oakley
American exhibition sharpshooter (1860–1926)
Tyler Oakley
American YouTuber, born 1989
Charles Oakley
American basketball player (born 1963)
Margaret Oakley Dayhoff
American biochemist (1925-1983)
Berry Oakley
American bassist (1948-1972)
Bill Oakley
American writer and producer, born 1966
Violet Oakley
American artist (1874-1961)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Oakley

Oakley has the Soundex code O240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O240.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Oakley come from?: From Old English Āclēa, from āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), thus a clearing in an oak forest; equivalent to oak + -ley (“lea”). Compare Ackley, Akeley and Oakleigh, which have the same origin.
How common is the surname Oakley?: 17,238 people in the United States had the surname Oakley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 17,911 Americans. It ranked 2,099th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Oakley?: In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Oakley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Oakley?: Annie Oakley, American exhibition sharpshooter (1860–1926), followed by Tyler Oakley.
Where is the surname Oakley most common?: Wikidata records people named Oakley in the United States.
How do you pronounce Oakley?: Oakley is /ˈoʊkli/, 2 syllables.
What type of surname is Oakley?: Oakley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Oakley getting more or less common?: More common. 16,733 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 17,238 in 2010, up 3.0%.
Is Oakley also a first name?: Yes. Oakley is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.