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oak Name Meaning and History

  1. 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’.
  2. 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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oak Family Facts

Distribution of oak Families in the US in 1920
Number of oak families
 14-26
 5-13		 1-4
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Threads: 21 - Messages: 69
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John Oak(e)s Marlboro MA 1732 f_oakes 5
Nathaniel Oak Doyle L. Oaks 5
OAK DNA Project FloydOakes500 0
Nathaniel Oak Descendents Linda Mathis 5
Robert Oak (1861-1900) DIvens3321 1
Oak family from Hastings, Surrey, England judithberntsen5 3
Stephen Oak - JoDaviess Co., Ill in 1860 Doyle L. Oaks 0
Nathaniel Oak + Mary Holloway Doyle L. Oaks 0
OAK Doyle L. Oaks 1
Nathaniel Oak Descendants Linda Mathis 16
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