Frequency: (583)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
English (southeastern and central): topographic name for someone who lived by some oak trees, from misdivision of Middle English atten okes ‘at the oaks’ (see Nock).
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
