Last Name LOCKETT

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Meaning	Not a corruption of Lockhart. It is found as simple Loket in the 13th century. It seems to be the diminutive of some personal name.

Origin	English, Irish

Rank	2,571 (2000 US census)	1,658 (1990 US census)

Count	12,943 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

23.16%, or 2998 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
72.98%, or 9446 total occurrences, as black,
0.28%, or 36 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.3%, or 39 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.94%, or 251 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.34%, or 173 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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