How common is the surname Oldaker?

1,428 people in the United States had the surname Oldaker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,208 Americans. It ranked 19,062nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Oldaker?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Oldaker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Oldaker?

Jamie Oldaker, American drummer.

Where is the surname Oldaker most common?

Wikidata records people named Oldaker in the United States.

Is the surname Oldaker getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,477 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,428 in 2010, down 3.3%.

The surname Oldaker

An English place surname, carried by 1,428 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex O432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oldaker is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English ald (“old”) + æcer (“acre, plot of arable land”), a topographic surname for someone who lived by an old plowed field.

Oldaker 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 1,428 people named Oldaker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 216,208 Americans. That is down 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,477.

#19,062

rank among US surnames

1,428

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3.3%

change since 2000 (was #17,561)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,053	Minder	1,429	216,057
#19,062	Cianci	1,428	216,208

Who is named Oldaker

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

97% of people named Oldaker identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Oldakers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jamie Oldaker
American drummer, 1951–2020

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Oldaker come from?: From Old English ald (“old”) + æcer (“acre, plot of arable land”), a topographic surname for someone who lived by an old plowed field.
How common is the surname Oldaker?: 1,428 people in the United States had the surname Oldaker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 216,208 Americans. It ranked 19,062nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Oldaker?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Oldaker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Oldaker?: Jamie Oldaker, American drummer.
Where is the surname Oldaker most common?: Wikidata records people named Oldaker in the United States.
What type of surname is Oldaker?: Oldaker is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Oldaker getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,477 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,428 in 2010, down 3.3%.