Last Name LOCKYEAR

Summary/Contribute


Meaning 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, Irish

Rank 118,954 (2000 US census)
Count 135 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 98.52%, or 133 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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