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    The surname Oxley

    An English place surname, carried by 4,315 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex O240

    Oxley: #7,694 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Oxley #7,694, 4,315 people Oxley: #7,694 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Oxley #7,694, 4,315 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Oxley is more common than 95.3% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Oxley 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 4,315 people named Oxley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 71,552 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,282.

    #7,694
    rank among US surnames
    4,315
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.8%
    change since 2000 (was #7,186)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,690Alleman4,31871,502
    #7,691Srinivasan4,31771,519
    #7,692Mathison4,31671,535
    #7,694Oxley4,31571,552
    #7,695Schmucker4,31471,568
    #7,697Mote4,31371,585

    Who is named Oxley

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

    87% of people named Oxley identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Oxleys

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Oxley
      Australian politician, 1784–1828
    • Mike Oxley
      American politician and attorney (1944–2016)
    • Tony Oxley
      British drummer (1938–2023)
    • Savannah Bond
      Australian pornographic actress, born 1990

    Notable Oxleys come mostly from Australia (2), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Oxley

    Oxley has the Soundex code O240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code O240.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Oxley come from?
    From Old English oxa (“ox”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to ox + -ley (“lea”).
    How common is the surname Oxley?
    4,315 people in the United States had the surname Oxley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 71,552 Americans. It ranked 7,694th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Oxley?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Oxley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Oxley?
    John Oxley, Australian politician, followed by Mike Oxley.
    Where is the surname Oxley most common?
    Wikidata records people named Oxley in Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
    What type of surname is Oxley?
    Oxley is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Oxley getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,282 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,315 in 2010, up 0.8%.