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The surname Okane

A surname, carried by 2,621 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O250

Okane: #11,936 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Okane #11,936, 2,621 people Okane: #11,936 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Okane #11,936, 2,621 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Okane is more common than 92.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,621 people named Okane in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 117,797 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,401.

#11,936
rank among US surnames
2,621
people in 2010
0.9
per 100,000 Americans
+9.2%
change since 2000 (was #11,937)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#11,928Polansky2,624117,662
#11,932Kamal2,623117,707
#11,933Ballance2,622117,752
#11,936Okane2,621117,797
#11,938Heiden2,620117,842
#11,940Brickner2,619117,887
#11,942Bitter2,618117,932

Who is named Okane

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

85% of people named Okane identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 85%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
  • Two or more races 1.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Okane

Okane has the Soundex code O250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O250.

Questions

How common is the surname Okane?
2,621 people in the United States had the surname Okane in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 117,797 Americans. It ranked 11,936th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Okane?
In the 2010 Census, 85% of people named Okane identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Okane getting more or less common?
More common. 2,401 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,621 in 2010, up 9.2%.