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    The surname Medlock

    A surname, carried by 6,416 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈmɛdlɒk/ 2 syllables Soundex M342

    Medlock: #5,427 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Medlock #5,427, 6,416 people Medlock: #5,427 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Medlock #5,427, 6,416 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Medlock is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,416 people named Medlock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 48,121 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,013.

    #5,427
    rank among US surnames
    6,416
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #5,336)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,420Soper6,42148,084
    #5,421Hann6,42048,091
    #5,425Saechao6,41948,099
    #5,427Medlock6,41648,121
    #5,428Gammon6,41548,129

    Who is named Medlock

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

    66% of people named Medlock identified as white (not Hispanic), 28% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Medlock

    Medlock has the Soundex code M342, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M342.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Medlock?
    6,416 people in the United States had the surname Medlock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 48,121 Americans. It ranked 5,427th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Medlock?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Medlock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 28% as Black (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Medlock?
    Medlock is /ˈmɛdlɒk/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Medlock getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,013 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,416 in 2010, up 6.7%.