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    The surname Lokken

    A surname, carried by 1,252 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L250

    Lokken: #21,009 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lokken #21,009, 1,252 people Lokken: #21,009 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lokken #21,009, 1,252 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lokken is more common than 87.1% of them.

    Origin

    From the Norwegian surname, from løkke (“enclosure, paddock”).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,252 people named Lokken in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,602 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,233.

    #21,009
    rank among US surnames
    1,252
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.5%
    change since 2000 (was #20,111)

    Who is named Lokken

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

    96% of people named Lokken identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lokken

    Lokken has the Soundex code L250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L250.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lokken come from?
    From the Norwegian surname, from løkke (“enclosure, paddock”).
    How common is the surname Lokken?
    1,252 people in the United States had the surname Lokken in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,602 Americans. It ranked 21,009th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lokken?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lokken identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Lokken getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,252 in 2010, up 1.5%.