Oates Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 9
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 38
Cambridgeshire 12
Channel Islands 5
Cheshire 69
Cornwall 361
Cumberland 24
Derbyshire 61
Devon 61
Dorset 36
Durham 283
Essex 92
Gloucestershire 37
Hampshire 60
Herefordshire 1
Hertfordshire 4
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 105
Kent 40
Lancashire 846
Leicestershire 24
Lincolnshire 86
London 350
Middlesex 77
Northumberland 60
Norfolk 18
Northamptonshire 7
Nottinghamshire 139
Oxfordshire 8
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 2
Somerset 16
Surrey 49
Sussex 7
Staffordshire 89
Warwickshire 66
Westmorland 5
Wiltshire 11
Worcestershire 13
Yorkshire 2,050

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 8
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 1
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 95
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 29
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Oates Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Oates family

Profession Census Frequency
School 531
Coal Miner Hewer 45
Labourer 33
Private Means 33
General Labourer 32
Farmer 32
General Servant (domestic) 22
Farm Labourer 21
General Servant Domestic 20
Dressmaker 20
At Home 19
Clerk 16
Charwoman 16
Weaver 16
Errand Boy 13
Housekeeper 13
No Occupation 12
None 12
Domestic Servant 12
At School 11
House Painter 11
House Keeper 11
Cotton Spinner 10
Cotton Weaver 10
Blacksmith 9

Most Frequent Forenames for Oates

Name Census Frequency
Mary Oates 2,077
John Oates 1,848
William Oates 1,609
Elizabeth Oates 1,259
Sarah Oates 1,078
James Oates 989
George Oates 982
Thomas Oates 977
Ann Oates 678
Joseph Oates 673
Jane Oates 538
Annie Oates 493
Charles Oates 446
Hannah Oates 396
Margaret Oates 392
Ellen Oates 368
Henry Oates 365
Martha Oates 351
Eliza Oates 343
Alice Oates 332
Robert Oates 323
Emma Oates 322
Samuel Oates 275
Emily Oates 270
Frederick Oates 269

Oates Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Oates 100% 28,994
2 Oats 80% 5,019
3 Toes 40% 1,226
4 Eates 80% 1,061
5 Tees 40% 534
6 Tose 20% 474
7 Toase 40% 357
8 Tase 40% 351
9 Eats 60% 233
10 Toose 20% 195
11 Toas 40% 170
12 Touse 20% 137
13 Tiso 20% 107

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