Oakey

• (surname): Okey

Two possible origins:

• From the Old Norse personal name Áki.
• English topographic surname composed of the Middle English elements ook (“oak”) and hegge (“hedge, bush, shrub”).

Oakey (countable and uncountable, plural Oakeys)

1. A surname.
2. A rural town in Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Oakey is the 39555^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 556 individuals. Oakey is most common among White (92.63%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Oakey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.