Last Name LOCKER

Summary/Contribute


Meaning The locker or locksmith.
The lockyer, the locksmith. From Medieaval English 'loke,' a lock. More correctly lock-er, but 'y' has intruded, as in 'sawyer,' 'lawyer,' 'bowyer.' It is interestiung to note that while Lockyer has predominated over Locksmith in personal nomenclature, yet locksmith has nearly ousted lockyer as an occupative term.
Origin English, Jewish, Irish, Hungarian

Rank 10,848 (2000 US census) 10,601 (1990 US census)
Count 2,697 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 90.73%, or 2447 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 5.97%, or 161 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.33%, or 9 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.19%, or 5 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.41%, or 38 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.37%, or 37 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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