Lockwood Surname

12,249th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 45,851 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

Lockwood Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lockwood,' a village in the ancient parish of Almondbury, West Riding of Yorkshire This local surname has ramified strongly and spread widely.

Willelmus de Lokewod, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

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Lockwood Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States26,6851:13,5831,689
England11,0261:5,053705
Australia4,1951:6,435944
Canada1,8181:20,2672,807
New Zealand5001:9,0571,559
France2211:300,55545,904
Wales1741:17,7851,927
Scotland1721:31,1273,168
South Africa1711:316,82930,013
Nicaragua1081:55,7511,484
Belize821:4,335788
Bahrain591:22,8584,582
Germany571:1,412,37687,104
Thailand401:1,765,959222,048
United Arab Emirates341:269,47919,099
Spain331:1,416,72844,772
Northern Ireland311:59,5174,663
Isle of Man291:2,959610
Brazil291:7,381,874170,034
Guernsey291:2,222539
Uruguay261:131,99112,009
Denmark241:235,19618,480
Dominican Republic231:453,60614,824
Ireland191:247,8399,475
Russia191:7,585,424283,555
Argentina181:2,374,634110,716
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Cayman Islands131:4,915636
Panama121:326,0227,351
Venezuela101:3,020,40831,795
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
Mexico101:12,412,62043,480
United States Virgin Islands91:12,2641,665
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Morocco91:3,830,67854,497
Sweden81:1,230,84590,587
China71:195,331,65210,124
Japan61:21,307,38248,838
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Vietnam51:18,529,2113,282
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803
Hong Kong51:1,467,0975,611
Italy51:12,231,338126,430
India51:153,413,076951,030
Belgium41:2,874,161111,046
Chile41:4,404,11844,633
Malta41:107,5681,849
Belarus41:2,375,265105,497
Puerto Rico41:887,5354,548
Costa Rica41:1,195,0176,919
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Haiti21:5,341,95421,336
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Sri Lanka21:10,404,28018,448
Israel21:4,278,817136,311
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Kazakhstan21:8,841,248174,813
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Gibraltar11:33,9541,660
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Fiji11:894,3914,568
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Honduras11:8,816,4429,272
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland131:340,75912,983
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England6,5791:3,705525
Wales241:65,3513,160
Scotland171:220,1897,953
Jersey11:51,8823,898
Isle of Man11:54,2692,077
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,6581:5,800724

Lockwood (238) may also be a first name.

Lockwood Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of Lockwood,' a village in the ancient parish of Almondbury, West Riding of Yorkshire This local surname has ramified strongly and spread widely.

Willelmus de Lokewod, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

Thomas de Lockewod, 1379: ibid.

1575. Married — Roberte Clayton and Elizabethe Lockwood: St. Michael, Cornhill.

1621-2. John Lockwood and Joane Padnowl: Marriage Lic. (London).

1626. John Watkyns and Margaret Lokewood: ibid.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

Most probably from Lockwood in Yorkshire. John Locwode, witness in Edinburgh, 1426 (Egidii, p. 48).

The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

(English) belonging to Lockwood (Yorks; 14th cent. Lokewod, Lockewod) [v. under Lock, and + Middle English wod, wode, Old English wudu, a wood]

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from Lockwood (enclosed wood), in Yorkshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

A township in Yorkshire.

Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony Lower

A location name in Yorkshire.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

The Lockwoods were well established in Ecclesfield parish during the reign of Elizabeth (Ga.). Lincolnshire is another home of the name. Lockwood is a parish near Huddersfield.

Homes of Family Names in Great Britain (1890) by Henry Brougham Guppy

Lockwood Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Lockwood Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Lockwood occurs more in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Lockwood? popularity and diffusion

The surname Lockwood is the 12,249th most prevalent family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 158,940 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Lockwood live; 59 percent live in North America and 59 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 580,229th most numerous first name at a global level, held by 238 people.

It is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 26,685 people, or 1 in 13,583. In The United States Lockwood is most common in: California, where 11 percent are found, New York, where 9 percent are found and Florida, where 6 percent are found. Apart from The United States Lockwood occurs in 86 countries. It also occurs in England, where 24 percent are found and Australia, where 9 percent are found.

Lockwood Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Lockwood has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Lockwood surname increased 308 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 168 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it increased 725 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it increased 1,012 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it increased 146 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Lockwood Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Lockwood surname is primarily Anglican (54%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Lockwood surname are 16.62% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 63.39% being registered with the party.

The amount Lockwood earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 182.84% more than the national average, earning 978,853 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 110.36% more than the national average, earning R 499,896 per year; in United States they earn 3.18% more than the national average, earning $44,520 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.12% more than the national average, earning $51,728 CAD per year.

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Lockwood Reference & Research

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