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There are approximately 252 people named Oats in the UK. That makes it the 13,781th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 4 are named Oats.

Region of origin

British Isles

Country of origin

England

Language of origin

English

Religion of origin

Christian

Classification

Anglo-Saxon


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The Oats surname in historical dictionaries

Patronymica Britannica (1860)

OATS. " Oats," says Mr. Ferguson, " I take to be a pluralism, and class it with Ott, Otte, Otto, and the conesponding German names Otte and Otto."

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.

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