Oakes

English

Etymology

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”).

Proper noun

Oakes (countable and uncountable, plural Oakeses)

1. A suburban area of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE112341).
2. A city in Dickey County, North Dakota, United States.
3. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Oakes is the 2065^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 17499 individuals. Oakes is most common among White (90.57%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Oakes”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Saeko