Oakes Surname
Approximately 40,345 people bear this surname
Oakes Surname Definition:
Darragh, formerly MacDarragh — it is still occasionally found with the prefix-is essentially a name belonging to north-east Ulster. Taking the statistics for two different generations since compulsory registration was introduced in 1864 we find that the number of births were respectively 21 and 18, nearly all in Co.
Read More About This SurnameOakes Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23,216 | 1:15,612 | 1,984 |
| England | 9,452 | 1:5,895 | 839 |
| Canada | 2,663 | 1:13,836 | 2,042 |
| Australia | 2,152 | 1:12,544 | 1,829 |
| South Africa | 754 | 1:71,854 | 8,954 |
| New Zealand | 370 | 1:12,239 | 2,128 |
| Wales | 252 | 1:12,280 | 1,364 |
| Scotland | 247 | 1:21,675 | 2,486 |
| Ireland | 237 | 1:19,869 | 2,063 |
| Brazil | 169 | 1:1,266,712 | 43,490 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Northern Ireland | 155 | 1:11,903 | 1,772 |
| Philippines | 95 | 1:1,065,666 | 88,850 |
| France | 85 | 1:781,444 | 95,071 |
| Bahamas | 49 | 1:7,995 | 667 |
| Germany | 34 | 1:2,367,808 | 122,173 |
| Thailand | 33 | 1:2,140,556 | 247,258 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| Jersey | 15 | 1:6,613 | 1,336 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| Cyprus | 13 | 1:68,067 | 7,075 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12 | 1:763,523 | 25,625 |
| Jamaica | 12 | 1:239,162 | 6,359 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Ecuador | 4 | 1:3,976,462 | 28,589 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Monaco | 3 | 1:12,355 | 2,088 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Haiti | 2 | 1:5,341,954 | 21,336 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 110 | 1:40,272 | 3,669 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4,265 | 1:5,715 | 870 |
| Scotland | 50 | 1:74,864 | 4,249 |
| Wales | 29 | 1:54,083 | 2,718 |
| Jersey | 4 | 1:12,971 | 2,116 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:54,269 | 2,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,811 | 1:17,865 | 2,276 |
The alternate forms: Oakès (1) are calculated separately.
Oakes (98) may also be a first name.
Oakes Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Darragh, formerly MacDarragh — it is still occasionally found with the prefix-is essentially a name belonging to north-east Ulster. Taking the statistics for two different generations since compulsory registration was introduced in 1864 we find that the number of births were respectively 21 and 18, nearly all in Co. Antrim and the remainder in an adjacent county. Going back to the first record of a census character which we have-that of 1659-60—-we find MacDarragh among the twenty most numerous surnames in the barony of Glencarne, Co. Antrim. It does not appear in that document as Oakes, which is recorded by Matheson in 1901 as a fairly widespread synonym of Darragh, MacAdarra and MacDara, particularly in the Dundalk area, which is somewhat further south than their main habitat. In the hearth money rolls of Tyrone (1664) and Antrim (1669) the name appears as Dorragh, Dorah etc.
While I am not able to support the statement by any first hand evidence I might mention that Mac Giolla Domhnaigh in his Some Anglicized Surnames in Ireland says that the name Darragh is of Scottish origin, having been assumed in the seventeenth century by a branch of the MacIlwraiths of Rossshire, who in repelling a raid by the MacLeods against their kinsmen the MacDonalds, used oak-sticks. On the other hand Johnston's Scottish Clans states that Darroch is a branch of the clan MacDonald. Before reading these books I had thought the MacDarraghs to be of native Irish stock: if Woulfe is right in equating the early form MacDwdara with MacDubhdara, which he says is the Irish form of MacDarragh, then it certainly was in Ireland before the extensive immigration of Scots at the time of the Plantation of Ulster: the reference in question is in a Fiant of 1585 dealing, however, with Co. Galway.
Dermitt Darreagh of Callagh, Co. Cork, was outlawed as a Jacobite in 1690; other instances of the rare occurrence of the name outside Ulster are a Kerry will (1797), two Dublin wills (1744 and 1785) and one Wicklow (1808). It is also in the Hearth Money Rolls of Co. Wicklow (1668). In this connexion the fact that it is found today in Dublin may be disregarded, since the metropolitan population in every country is composed of families originating in all its provinces. James Darragh was one of the Fenian prisoners transported to Australia who, after many adventures, escaped to New York in 1876.
Pl., and genit., of Oak(e, q.v.
Roger of the Okes.—Parl. Writs.
(English) Dweller at, or near, an oak tree.
Local. From a dwelling near the oak—trees.
A location name in Derbyshire, Lancashire Or from the Old Norse, Oxi; from the Dutch, Ochs; from the German, Ocke; from the Frisian, Okko; a personal name.
Oakes is an old Cheshire name. Its chief homes are in Marton and Siddington (E.).
Oakes Demographics
Average Male Oakes Height
177.16 cm
Average Female Oakes Height
163.51 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Oakes Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Oakes Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Oakes occurs most in The United States. It may appear as a variant: Oakès. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Oakes? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 13,824th most common last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 180,631 people. It is primarily found in The Americas, where 54 percent of Oakes are found; 53 percent are found in North America and 53 percent are found in Anglo-North America. It is also the 956,749th most widespread given name at a global level, borne by 98 people.
The surname is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 23,216 people, or 1 in 15,612. In The United States it is primarily concentrated in: California, where 7 percent live, Texas, where 6 percent live and North Carolina, where 5 percent live. Apart from The United States Oakes is found in 71 countries. It also occurs in England, where 23 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.
Oakes Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Oakes has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Oakes surname rose 826 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 222 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 869 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 494 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 215 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Oakes Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (67%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Oakes surname are 14.71% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.48% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Oakes earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 845.01% more than the national average, earning 3,270,480 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 155.15% more than the national average, earning R 606,336 per year; in United States they earn 0.6% more than the national average, earning $43,407 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.75% less than the national average, earning $47,323 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakès | 93 | 1 | / |
| Goakes | 91 | 203 | / |
| Oackes | 91 | 69 | / |
| Oaskes | 91 | 19 | / |
| Ouakes | 91 | 4 | / |
| Hoakes | 91 | 4 | / |
| Oakies | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ooakes | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oakeis | 91 | 1 | / |
| Oaakes | 91 | 0 | / |
| Oakesd | 91 | 0 | / |
| Goakess | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oaskesz | 83 | 1 | / |
| Oakis | 80 | 27 | / |
| Aokes | 80 | 3 | / |
| Oaces | 80 | 1 | / |
| Oakez | 80 | 0 | / |
| Oaskis | 73 | 18 | / |
| Oaches | 73 | 11 | / |
| Oaques | 73 | 5 | / |
| Oackis | 73 | 3 | / |
| Aokesh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ouakez | 73 | 1 | / |
| Oakhuis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ouakech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouakiss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oakaish | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ouasskis | 62 | 1 | / |
| Aokis | 60 | 3 | / |
| Oacis | 60 | 2 | / |
| Ouadkhiss | 57 | 4 | / |
| Ouakheche | 57 | 1 | / |
| Oachis | 55 | 47 | / |
| Aoukis | 55 | 1 | / |
| Aokais | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ouakiz | 55 | 1 | / |
| Oacheş | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ohacis | 55 | 1 | / |
| Oasquez | 50 | 1 | / |
| Aoukiss | 50 | 1 | / |
| Ohacais | 50 | 1 | / |
| Aokaish | 50 | 1 | / |
| Oazquez | 50 | 1 | / |
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