How rare is the last name Oates?

10,208 people in the United States have the last name Oates, about 1 in 29,281. It ranks #3,417 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

OATES

#3,417

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,208
About
1 in 29,281
This common or more
54.1%
Who bears it

Of the 10,208 people with the last name Oates, 62.4% reported their origin as White, 29.1% as Black and 4.2% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Oates

1 other last name also has 10,208 people.

#3,417 Stowe · 10,208

Either side of Oates

#3,415 Hardwick · 10,215#3,416 To · 10,211#3,417 Stowe · 10,208#3,419 Reiter · 10,203

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Oates, most common first.

#21,381 Oatis · 1,246#22,315 Oats · 1,183#83,373 Oatts · 243

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