The surname Oats
A surname, carried by 1,230 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex O320
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,230 people named Oats in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 251,013 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 952.
#21,307
rank among US surnames
1,230
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+29.2%
change since 2000 (was #24,598)
Who is named Oats
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
53% of people named Oats identified as Black (not Hispanic), 34% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.6% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- Black (not Hispanic) 53%
- White (not Hispanic) 34%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 7.6%
- Two or more races 3.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Oats has the Soundex code O320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O320.
Questions
- How common is the surname Oats?
- 1,230 people in the United States had the surname Oats in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 251,013 Americans. It ranked 21,307th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Oats?
- In the 2010 Census, 53% of people named Oats identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 34% as white (not Hispanic).
- Is the surname Oats getting more or less common?
- More common. 952 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,230 in 2010, up 29%.