Oakland Family History
Oakland Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived on a patch of land
marked by an oak tree or trees, from Middle English oke ‘oak’ +
land ‘land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Oakland
Name Distribution of Oakland Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Oakland families
 15 - 28  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Oakland families
|
69 - 135 24 - 68 |
1 - 23 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Oakland last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Oakland census records
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Oakland Family Origin
Oakland Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Oakland
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Oakland Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Oakland census records
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Oakland Civil War Service Records
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