Oakam Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 1
Cumberland 1
Derbyshire 9
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 2
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 1
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Oakam Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Oakam family

Profession Census Frequency
Coach Painter Apprentice 2
Male Servant 1
Hatter 1
Silk Throster 1
Silk Weaver 1
Tailor 1
Solicitor 1
Dress Maker 1
Grocer 1
Stone Mason 1
Agricultural Labourer 1
Joiner Ap 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Oakam

Name Census Frequency
John Oakam 20
Mary Oakam 12
Elizabeth Oakam 6
George Oakam 6
Annie Oakam 5
Charles Oakam 5
Edward Oakam 5
Thomas Oakam 5
Hannah Oakam 4
Jane Oakam 4
Martha Oakam 4
William Oakam 4
Henry Oakam 3
Albert Oakam 2
Alfred Oakam 2
Alice Oakam 2
Ann Oakam 2
Benjamin Oakam 2
Ernest Oakam 2
James Oakam 2
Joseph Oakam 2
Louisa Oakam 2
Millicent Oakam 2
Phebe Oakam 2
Samuel Oakam 2

Oakam Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Kime 20% 1,311
2 Keam 40% 1,043
3 Akam 80% 713
4 Keem 20% 203
5 Oakam 100% 147
6 Kim 40% 111

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The surname Oakam is the 5th most popular variant of Kime.

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