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    The surname Lokey

    A surname, carried by 1,985 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L200

    Lokey: #14,913 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lokey #14,913, 1,985 people Lokey: #14,913 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lokey #14,913, 1,985 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lokey is more common than 90.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,985 people named Lokey in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 155,539 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,549.

    #14,913
    rank among US surnames
    1,985
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +28.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,938)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,913Anger1,985155,539
    #14,920Laurel1,984155,618

    Who is named Lokey

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

    87% of people named Lokey identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 87%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lokey

    Lokey has the Soundex code L200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lokey?
    1,985 people in the United States had the surname Lokey in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 155,539 Americans. It ranked 14,913th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lokey?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Lokey identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Lokey getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,549 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,985 in 2010, up 28%.