How common is the surname Lockley?

1,649 people in the United States had the surname Lockley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,232 Americans. It ranked 17,176th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Lockley getting more or less common?

More common. 1,491 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,649 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Lockley

A surname, carried by 1,649 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lockley is more common than 89.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,649 people named Lockley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 187,232 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,491.

#17,176

rank among US surnames

1,649

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+10.6%

change since 2000 (was #17,436)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,169	Din	1,650	187,119
#17,176	Haslett	1,649	187,232
#17,182	Dauzat	1,648	187,346

Who is named Lockley

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

61% of people named Lockley identified as Black (not Hispanic), 29% as white (not Hispanic) and 4.9% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 61%
White (not Hispanic) 29%
Two or more races 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Lockley?: 1,649 people in the United States had the surname Lockley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 187,232 Americans. It ranked 17,176th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lockley?: In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Lockley identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 29% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Lockley getting more or less common?: More common. 1,491 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,649 in 2010, up 11%.