Last Name LOCKE

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Meaning	Local: At the lock, from residence thereby. A hatch or wicket. The English surname is not to be confounded with Gaelic 'loch,' a lake. From Medieaval English 'loke,' a door-fastener.

Origin	English, Jewish, Dutch, Irish, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank	1,210 (2000 US census)	1,219 (1990 US census)

Count	26,516 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

83.26%, or 22077 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
11.77%, or 3121 total occurrences, as black,
1.06%, or 281 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.81%, or 215 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.59%, or 422 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.52%, or 403 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

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