How common is the surname Oaks?

7,182 people in the United States had the surname Oaks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,989 Americans. It ranked 4,903rd of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Oaks getting more or less common?

More common. 6,982 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,182 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Oaks

A surname, carried by 7,182 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex O200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oaks is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,182 people named Oaks in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,989 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,982.

#4,903

rank among US surnames

7,182

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,646)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,899	Salmeron	7,191	42,935
#4,900	Sandhu	7,190	42,941
#4,902	Almond	7,188	42,953
#4,903	Hussein	7,182	42,989

Who is named Oaks

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

87% of people named Oaks identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Oaks

Oaks 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 Oaks?: 7,182 people in the United States had the surname Oaks in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,989 Americans. It ranked 4,903rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Oaks?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Oaks identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Oaks getting more or less common?: More common. 6,982 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,182 in 2010, up 2.9%.