Locket Surname
Approximately 426 people bear this surname
Locket Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. Not a corruption of Lockhart, as suggested by Lower. It is found as simple Loket in the 13th century. It seems to be the diminutive of some personal name; compare Emmett for Emma.
Eudo Loket, Norfolk, 1273.
Read More About This SurnameLocket Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 236 | 1:1,535,843 | 104,072 |
| England | 67 | 1:831,613 | 44,286 |
| Australia | 57 | 1:473,609 | 36,415 |
| Liberia | 30 | 1:146,951 | 10,677 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1:6,106,202 | 178,634 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 340 | 1:71,692 | 7,971 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,028 | 1:48,851 | 5,565 |
Locket (62) may also be a first name.
Locket Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. Not a corruption of Lockhart, as suggested by Lower. It is found as simple Loket in the 13th century. It seems to be the diminutive of some personal name; compare Emmett for Emma.
Eudo Loket, Norfolk, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Johannes Loket, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1574-5. William Locket, Somerset: Register of the University of Oxford.
1601. Giles Lockett, Dorset: ibid.
The A.-French Loket, French Locqnet, Loquet, and Lochet [from Teutonic Loc-, Lok-(v. under Lock); with French diminutive suff. -et: French loquet, a latch, &c., is a diminutive from Old French loc, of Teutonic orig.] Eudo Loket.—Hundred Rolls There may have been some little confusion with Lockhart, q.v.
The A.-French Loket, French Locqnet, Loquet, and Lochet [from Teutonic Loc-, Lok-(v. under Lock); with French diminutive suff. -et: French loquet, a latch, &c., is a diminutive from Old French loc, of Teutonic orig.] Eudo Loket.—Hundred Rolls There may have been some little confusion with Lockhart, q.v.
A corruption of Lockhart.
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Locket Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Locket Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Locket occurs in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Locket? popularity and diffusion
The surname Locket is the 693,669th most frequent last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 17,106,915 people. The last name Locket is mostly found in The Americas, where 59 percent of Locket are found; 57 percent are found in North America and 57 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Locket is also the 1,246,114th most numerous forename worldwide It is held by 62 people.
The surname Locket is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 236 people, or 1 in 1,535,843. In The United States Locket is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 21 percent live, California, where 6 percent live and North Carolina, where 6 percent live. Barring The United States this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in England, where 16 percent live and Australia, where 13 percent live.
Locket Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Locket has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Locket surname decreased 77 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it decreased 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Locket Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Locket last name are 17.12% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 63.89% being registered with the party.
Locket earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 25.84% less than the national average, earning $32,000 USD per year.
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