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    The surname Lockyer

    An occupational surname, carried by 587 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L260

    Lockyer: #37,848 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Lockyer #37,848, 587 people Lockyer: #37,848 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Lockyer #37,848, 587 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lockyer is more common than 76.7% of them.

    Origin

    Occupational surname for a locksmith, from an agent derivative of lock. Equivalent to lock + -yer

    Lockyer is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 587 people named Lockyer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 525,972 Americans. That is up 2.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 572.

    #37,848
    rank among US surnames
    587
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.6%
    change since 2000 (was #36,807)

    Who is named Lockyer

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

    94% of people named Lockyer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lockyer

    Lockyer has the Soundex code L260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L260.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lockyer come from?
    Occupational surname for a locksmith, from an agent derivative of lock. Equivalent to lock + -yer
    How common is the surname Lockyer?
    587 people in the United States had the surname Lockyer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 525,972 Americans. It ranked 37,848th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lockyer?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Lockyer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Lockyer?
    Lockyer is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Lockyer getting more or less common?
    More common. 572 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 587 in 2010, up 2.6%.