Last Name OXFORD

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Meaning	Local: Of Oxford. Oxenford is an old form of Oxford. Local: From Oxford, in England, on the Isis, the seat of the celebrated university founded in 806; from 'Ox,' Anglo-Saxon, water, corrupted by the Angles or Danes from the Gaelic 'uisge' or 'isk,' and 'ford,' a pass or way - the ford across the Isis. Bailey derives it from 'Oxen-ford,' " the ford of the oxen," like the Greek Bosphorus, or from the river 'Ouse,' and 'ford.' The name of the river Ouse is derived from 'uisge,' water.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	6,809 (2000 US census)	5,654 (1990 US census)

Count	4,560 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

90.02%, or 4105 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
4.85%, or 221 total occurrences, as black,
0.46%, or 21 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
1.25%, or 57 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.8%, or 82 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.62%, or 74 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

How many distinct last names exist in the United States of America?

How does one estimate/guess that number? The first source that comes to mind is the result of the latest available census. We know that 2000 year census presents us with a little over 150,000 unique surnames. The least po...

Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...