How common is the surname Lockett?

14,140 people in the United States had the surname Lockett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,835 Americans. It ranked 2,555th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lockett getting more or less common?

More common. 12,943 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,140 in 2010, up 9.2%.

Is Lockett also a first name?

Yes. Lockett is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Lockett

An English patronymic surname, carried by 14,140 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lockett is more common than 98.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the given name Luke.

Lockett is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 14,140 people named Lockett in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,835 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,943.

#2,555

rank among US surnames

14,140

people in 2010

4.8

per 100,000 Americans

+9.2%

change since 2000 (was #2,571)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,546	Weiner	14,208	21,730
#2,547	Mota	14,182	21,770
#2,548	Villasenor	14,180	21,773
#2,549	Breen	14,170	21,789
#2,550	Gant	14,167	21,793
#2,551	Kong	14,165	21,796
#2,552	Way	14,157	21,809

Who is named Lockett

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

71% of people named Lockett identified as Black (not Hispanic), 22% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 71%
White (not Hispanic) 22%
Two or more races 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Lockett

Luckett

Lockett has the Soundex code L230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L230.

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lockett come from?: From Middle English [Term?], a diminutive of the given name Luke.
How common is the surname Lockett?: 14,140 people in the United States had the surname Lockett in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,835 Americans. It ranked 2,555th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lockett?: In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Lockett identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 22% as white (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Lockett?: Lockett is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Lockett getting more or less common?: More common. 12,943 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,140 in 2010, up 9.2%.
Is Lockett also a first name?: Yes. Lockett is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.