Oakes

17,086 people in the United States were counted with the surname Oakes in the 2020 census, making it the 2,061st most common in the country. That is about one person in 17,500.

By the numbers

People: 17,086
Rank: 2,061st
How common: 1 in 17,500
Per 100,000: 5.7

Where the name comes from

From the plural of oak. The surname could also derived from a partial translation of the Irish surname Mac Dubhdara (“son of Dubhdara”), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (“black”) and darach, genitive of dair (“oak”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Oakes described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 87.7%
Black, not Hispanic 3.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino 3.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 1.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%

Notable people called Oakes

David Oakes (born 1983)English actor
Alan Oakes (born 1942)Footballer
Gary Oakes (born 1958)British athlete
Oliver Oakes (born 1988)British racing driver and Team Principal
Michael Oakes (born 1973)English footballer

People named Oakes with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Oakes

Oakley
Oaks

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.