Locke Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 4
Buckinghamshire 11
Berkshire 11
Cambridgeshire 1
Channel Islands 1
Cheshire 23
Cornwall 6
Cumberland 13
Derbyshire 14
Devon 141
Dorset 16
Durham 61
Essex 47
Gloucestershire 92
Hampshire 135
Herefordshire 15
Hertfordshire 2
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 1
Kent 36
Lancashire 202
Leicestershire 35
Lincolnshire 23
London 468
Middlesex 62
Northumberland 58
Norfolk 74
Northamptonshire 36
Nottinghamshire 7
Oxfordshire 22
Rutland 0
Shropshire 8
Suffolk 54
Somerset 112
Surrey 73
Sussex 87
Staffordshire 41
Warwickshire 91
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 16
Worcestershire 47
Yorkshire 80

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 1
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 65
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 31
Pembrokeshire 1
Radnorshire 0

Locke Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Locke family

Profession Census Frequency
Scholar 424
General Labourer 42
Agricultural Labourer 31
Domestic Servant 18
Living On Her Own Means 17
Laundress 17
Living On Own Means 16
General Servant Domestic 15
Dress Maker 13
General Servant 12
Coal Miner 12
Bricklayer 10
Tailor 10
Farmer 9
Shoe Maker 8
Blacksmith 8
Gardener 8
Labourer 8
Carpenter 8
Clerk 8
Dressmaker 8
Butcher 7
Cook Domestic Servant 7
Cotton Weaver 7
House Keeper 7

Most Frequent Forenames for Locke

Name Census Frequency
William Locke 1,094
John Locke 867
Mary Locke 860
Elizabeth Locke 606
George Locke 594
Sarah Locke 489
James Locke 469
Charles Locke 424
Thomas Locke 409
Henry Locke 373
Jane Locke 304
Ellen Locke 265
Alice Locke 254
Frederick Locke 249
Robert Locke 242
Ann Locke 229
Annie Locke 221
Emily Locke 220
Arthur Locke 214
Eliza Locke 213
Alfred Locke 208
Edward Locke 197
Emma Locke 185
Joseph Locke 184
Margaret Locke 177

Locke Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Lock 80% 62,412
2 Luck 60% 21,697
3 Locke 100% 17,099
4 Lack 60% 9,690
5 Look 60% 3,301
6 Leck 60% 1,717
7 Lockie 83% 1,628
8 Leack 40% 1,179
9 Loch 60% 1,163
10 Luckie 67% 784
11 Leckie 67% 783
12 Lackie 67% 463
13 Leeck 40% 360
14 Luick 40% 334
15 Lucke 80% 262
16 Lacke 80% 220
17 Alock 60% 170
18 Alack 40% 141
19 Lick 60% 121

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The surname Locke is the 3rd most popular variant of Lock.

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