Last Name LOCKYER

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, South african

Rank 36,807 (2000 US census) 46,547 (1990 US census)
Count 572 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 96.15%, or 550 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.05%, or 6 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 0.87%, or 5 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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