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    The surname Lockhart

    A surname, carried by 27,883 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L263

    Lockhart: #1,261 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Lockhart #1,261, 27,883 people Lockhart: #1,261 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lockhart #1,261, 27,883 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lockhart is more common than 99.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 27,883 people named Lockhart in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 11,073 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 26,844.

    #1,261
    rank among US surnames
    27,883
    people in 2010
    9.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.9%
    change since 2000 (was #1,195)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #1,252McCray28,02411,017
    #1,253Hastings28,01511,021
    #1,254Pierson27,98311,033
    #1,255Chacon27,98211,034
    #1,256Renteria27,97611,036
    #1,257Mohamed27,97211,038
    #1,258Nicholas27,92211,057

    Who is named Lockhart

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

    64% of people named Lockhart identified as white (not Hispanic), 31% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 64%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 31%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Lockharts

    9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • June Lockhart
      American actress (1925–2025)
    • Gene Lockhart
      Actor (1891-1957)
    • Calvin Lockhart
      Bahamian actor, 1934–2007
    • Paul Lockhart
      American astronaut, born 1956
    • Anne Lockhart
      American actress (born 1953)
    • Emma Lockhart
      American child actress, born 1994
    • Sharon Lockhart
      American artist (born 1964)
    • Keith Lockhart
      American conductor, born 1959
    • Brent Corrigan
      American film and pornographic actor, born 1986

    Notable Lockharts come mostly from the United States (7), Canada (1) and The Bahamas (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lockhart

    Lockhart has the Soundex code L263, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L263.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lockhart?
    27,883 people in the United States had the surname Lockhart in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 11,073 Americans. It ranked 1,261st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lockhart?
    In the 2010 Census, 64% of people named Lockhart identified as white (not Hispanic), and 31% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lockhart?
    June Lockhart, American actress (1925–2025), followed by Gene Lockhart.
    Where is the surname Lockhart most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lockhart in the United States, Canada and The Bahamas.
    Is the surname Lockhart getting more or less common?
    More common. 26,844 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 27,883 in 2010, up 3.9%.