How common is the last name Locke?

25,742 people in the United States have the last name Locke, about 1 in 11,611. It ranks #1,337 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

LOCKE

#1,337

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
25,742
About
1 in 11,611
This common or more
43.1%
Who bears it

Of the 25,742 people with the last name Locke, 77.9% reported their origin as White, 12.3% as Black and 4.6% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Locke

#1,335 Courtney · 25,782#1,336 Puckett · 25,781#1,338 Ibrahim · 25,717#1,339 Michel · 25,704

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Locke, most common first.

#4,992 Lock · 6,817#29,704 Lockey · 846#36,891 Locks · 651#45,060 Loke · 512#56,914 Lockie · 387#74,224 Loche · 281#144,270 Lockee · 117#147,954 Lokke · 112

Also a first name

As a first name, Locke ranks #14,244 of 53,615, with 830 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2016, with 74 births. See Locke as a first name

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