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    The surname Whitlock

    An English surname, carried by 16,927 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈwɪtlɒk/ 2 syllables Soundex W342

    Whitlock: #2,142 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Whitlock #2,142, 16,927 people Whitlock: #2,142 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Whitlock #2,142, 16,927 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Whitlock is more common than 98.7% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    From Middle English Whytlok, Whitelok, Witloc, Wictlok, Wyhtlok, Witlok, Whytlak, Whitlak; partly from Old English witlāc, wihtlāc (personal name) and partly from Middle English whyt (“white”) + lok (“lock, hair”).

    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 16,927 people named Whitlock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 18,240 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 16,603.

    #2,142
    rank among US surnames
    16,927
    people in 2010
    5.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #2,003)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,133Ham16,98018,183
    #2,134Prescott16,97518,188
    #2,135Shaver16,97218,191
    #2,136Hoffmann16,96618,198
    #2,137Lunsford16,96218,202
    #2,138Grayson16,94618,219
    #2,139Finney16,93918,227

    Who is named Whitlock

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

    80% of people named Whitlock identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 80%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 16%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Whitlocks

    5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Max Whitlock
      British artistic gymnast (born 1993)
    • Harold Whitlock
      British athlete (1903–1985)
    • Isiah Whitlock Jr.
      American actor (1954–2025)
    • Simon Whitlock
      Australian darts player, born 1969
    • Brand Whitlock
      American diplomat (1869-1934)

    Notable Whitlocks come mostly from the United States (2), the United Kingdom (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    • Whitlocke
    • Whitelock
    • Whitelocke

    Surnames that sound like Whitlock

    Whitlock has the Soundex code W342, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W342.

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Whitlock come from?
    From Middle English Whytlok, Whitelok, Witloc, Wictlok, Wyhtlok, Witlok, Whytlak, Whitlak; partly from Old English witlāc, wihtlāc (personal name) and partly from Middle English whyt (“white”) + lok (“lock, hair”).
    How common is the surname Whitlock?
    16,927 people in the United States had the surname Whitlock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 18,240 Americans. It ranked 2,142nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Whitlock?
    In the 2010 Census, 80% of people named Whitlock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Whitlock?
    Max Whitlock, British artistic gymnast (born 1993), followed by Harold Whitlock.
    Where is the surname Whitlock most common?
    Wikidata records people named Whitlock in the United States, the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and 1 other country.
    How do you pronounce Whitlock?
    Whitlock is /ˈwɪtlɒk/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Whitlock getting more or less common?
    More common. 16,603 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 16,927 in 2010, up 2.0%.
    What are other spellings of Whitlock?
    Whitlocke, Whitelock and Whitelocke.