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Oakley
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Origin Of The Surname Oakley
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Meaning Of The Surname Oakley
From the Town by the Oak Forest
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Interesting
Facts About
Oakley
Oakley is a locational surname originating from any of the places so-called or similarly spelled across Britain. Locational surnames were traditionally given to someone who had moved away to a new area, whereby they were assigned the name of their original home as a surname to differentiate them from the other townspeople. The place name itself is derived from the Old English ‘Acleah’ meaning ‘Oak Forest’. It would have been given as a town name for places located next to a forest with oaks in. |
Oakley Statistics
Oakley is the number 993 ranked surname in the United Kingdom.
According to our statistics around 9,856 share the surname Oakley in the UK.
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