Find out how popular the last name Locket is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Locket.

Locket, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Locket surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Locket in America

Locket is the 89403rd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Locket surname appeared 207 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Locket.

We can also compare 2010 data for Locket to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Locket

Locket is an English surname that originated in the late medieval period, likely derived from the Old English word "loc" meaning "an enclosed place" or "a lock" (as in a device for securing a door or lid). It may have referred to someone who lived near a lock or sluice gate, or someone who worked as a locksmith or gatekeeper.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname Locket can be found in tax rolls and parish records from the 14th century in counties like Sussex, Essex, and Kent. It was sometimes spelled as Loket, Lokat, or Lockitt in these early documents.

While the Locket surname is not mentioned in the famous Domesday Book of 1086, there are references to places like Lockeridge in Wiltshire and Lockington in Leicestershire, which may have been associated with early bearers of this name.

Notable historical figures with the surname Locket include Robert Locket, a 15th-century English cleric who served as the Archdeacon of Middlesex from 1437 to 1448. John Locket, born around 1520, was a prominent merchant and alderman in the city of Bristol during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

In the 17th century, Sir William Locket (1610-1675) was a wealthy landowner and Member of Parliament for Woodstock, Oxfordshire. His son, Sir John Locket (1646-1720), was also an MP and held the position of Vice-Admiral of Munster in Ireland.

Another notable bearer of this surname was Captain Nathaniel Locket (1667-1722), an English pirate and privateer who sailed in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico during the late 17th and early 18th centuries.

While the Locket surname is not extremely common, it has persisted throughout British history and can be found in various regions of England, particularly in the southern counties.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Locket

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Locket.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Locket was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Locket has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Locket was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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