How common is the surname Lockwood?

19,865 people in the United States had the surname Lockwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,542 Americans. It ranked 1,806th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Lockwood?

Gary Lockwood, American actor, followed by Roscoe Lockwood.

Where is the surname Lockwood most common?

Wikidata records people named Lockwood in the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Is the surname Lockwood getting more or less common?

More common. 19,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,865 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Lockwood

An English place surname, carried by 19,865 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). Lockwood is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

From Old English loc (“lock; enclosure, fold”) + wudu (“wood”); analysable as lock + wood.

Lockwood is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

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 19,865 people named Lockwood in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 15,542 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 19,386.

#1,806

rank among US surnames

19,865

people in 2010

6.7

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #1,695)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,797	Hu	19,999	15,438
#1,798	McCollum	19,990	15,445
#1,799	Betts	19,983	15,450
#1,800	Coyle	19,931	15,491
#1,801	Trotter	19,927	15,494
#1,802	Wilhelm	19,913	15,505
#1,803	Blount	19,878	15,532

Who is named Lockwood

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

87% of people named Lockwood identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lockwoods

13 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gary Lockwood
American actor, born 1937
Roscoe Lockwood
American rower (1875–1960)
Harold Lockwood
American actor (1887–1918)
Robert Lockwood Jr.
American Delta blues guitarist (1915-2006)
Will Lockwood
Australian rower, born 1988
Patricia Lockwood
American poet, author, born 1982
Kurt Lockwood
American pornographic actor, director & model, born 1970
Todd Lockwood
American artist, born 1957
James B. Lockwood
American arctic explorer (1852–1884)
Annea Lockwood
American composer (born 1939)
Alexander Lockwood
American actor (1902-1990)
Lewis Lockwood
American musicologist, born 1930

Notable Lockwoods come mostly from the United States (11), Australia (1) and New Zealand (1).

Other English surnames

All 1,446 English surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Lockwood come from?: From Old English loc (“lock; enclosure, fold”) + wudu (“wood”); analysable as lock + wood.
How common is the surname Lockwood?: 19,865 people in the United States had the surname Lockwood in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 15,542 Americans. It ranked 1,806th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lockwood?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Lockwood identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Lockwood?: Gary Lockwood, American actor, followed by Roscoe Lockwood.
Where is the surname Lockwood most common?: Wikidata records people named Lockwood in the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
What type of surname is Lockwood?: Lockwood is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Lockwood getting more or less common?: More common. 19,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 19,865 in 2010, up 2.5%.