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The surname Lockridge

A surname, carried by 3,765 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex L263

Lockridge: #8,714 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lockridge #8,714, 3,765 people Lockridge: #8,714 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lockridge #8,714, 3,765 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lockridge is more common than 94.6% of them.

Origin

Variant of Lockeridge.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,765 people named Lockridge in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 82,004 Americans. That is up 4.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,599.

#8,714
rank among US surnames
3,765
people in 2010
1.3
per 100,000 Americans
+4.6%
change since 2000 (was #8,436)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#8,711Gish3,76881,939
#8,712Kuang3,76781,961
#8,713Neiman3,76681,982
#8,714Nuss3,76582,004

Who is named Lockridge

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

58% of people named Lockridge identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 58%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 37%
  • Two or more races 2.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lockridges

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Ross Lockridge, Jr.
    American novelist (1914–1948)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lockridge

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

Questions

Where does the surname Lockridge come from?
Variant of Lockeridge.
How common is the surname Lockridge?
3,765 people in the United States had the surname Lockridge in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 82,004 Americans. It ranked 8,714th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lockridge?
In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Lockridge identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lockridge?
Ross Lockridge, Jr., American novelist (1914–1948).
Where is the surname Lockridge most common?
Wikidata records people named Lockridge in the United States.
Is the surname Lockridge getting more or less common?
More common. 3,599 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,765 in 2010, up 4.6%.