The surname Oxford
An English place surname, carried by 4,509 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈɑksfɚd/ 2 syllables Soundex O216
Origin
English origin
From Middle English Oxenford, Oxneford, from Old English Oxnaford (“Oxford”, literally “oxen's ford”), equivalent to ox + ford. Compare Old Norse Öxnafurða.
Oxford 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 4,509 people named Oxford in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,473 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,560.
Who is named Oxford
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
88% of people named Oxford identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 88%
- Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
- Two or more races 1.9%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Oxeford
- Oxforth
- Oxenford
- Oxenforth
Oxford has the Soundex code O216, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O216.
Other English surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Oxford come from?
- From Middle English Oxenford, Oxneford, from Old English Oxnaford (“Oxford”, literally “oxen's ford”), equivalent to ox + ford. Compare Old Norse Öxnafurða.
- How common is the surname Oxford?
- 4,509 people in the United States had the surname Oxford in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,473 Americans. It ranked 7,387th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Oxford?
- In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Oxford identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
- How do you pronounce Oxford?
- Oxford is /ˈɑksfɚd/, 2 syllables.
- What type of surname is Oxford?
- Oxford is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
- Is the surname Oxford getting more or less common?
- Less common. 4,560 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,509 in 2010, down 1.1%.
- What are other spellings of Oxford?
- Oxeford, Oxforth, Oxenford and Oxenforth.