Oak Family History
Oak Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near an oak
tree or in an oak wood, from Middle English oke ‘oak’, also
used in the singular in a collective sense. In some cases the surname
may be a habitational name from minor places named with this word,
such as Oake in Somerset. It is possible that it was sometimes also
used as a nickname for someone ‘as strong as oak’.Indian
(Maharashtra): Hindu (Brahman) name of unknown meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Oak
Name Distribution of Oak Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Oak families
 14 - 26  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Oak families
|
29 - 56 10 - 28 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Oak last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Oak census records
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Oak Family Origin
Oak Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Oak
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Oak Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Oak census records
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Oak Civil War Service Records
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