# Oxley (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/oxley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A habitational surname from Old English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,315 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,694 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 71,552 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.8% (4,282 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Old English oxa (“ox”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to ox + -ley (“lea”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Oxley in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Oxley in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Oxley

- John Oxley, Australian politician
- Mike Oxley, American politician and attorney (1944–2016)
- Tony Oxley, British drummer (1938–2023)
- Savannah Bond, Australian pornographic actress

## Similar surnames

Oakley, Ousley, Owsley, Ogle, O'Kelley, O'Kelly.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.