# Locke (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/locke/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

An English surname — famously held by

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 27,643 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,272 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 11,169 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.3% (26,516 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /lɑk/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English, Dutch and German surname, variant of Lock. * As a Norwegian surname, Americanized from Løkke, from a farm name derived from Old Norse lykkja (“enclosure”). * As a Chinese surname, variant of Lok.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Locke in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Locke in the United States, Belarus and the United Kingdom.

## People named Locke

- Gary Locke, American politician
- Spencer Locke, American actress
- Alain LeRoy Locke, American philosopher and writer (1885–1954)
- Kimberley Locke, American singer-songwriter
- Tembi Locke, American actress
- Eddie Locke, American musician (1930–2009)
- John Locke, American keyboardist (1943–2006)
- Attica Locke, American writer
- Katherine Locke, American actress (1910-1995)
- Philip Locke, British actor (1928–2004)
- Joe Locke, American musician
- Francis Locke, American politician (1776-1823)

and 1 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Lackey, Lock, Luckey, Look, Lokey, Lok, Lucke, Louk, Luckie, Leckie, Loucks, Loch.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.