Lockwood
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English
Etymology
From Old English loc (“lock; enclosure, fold”) + wudu (“wood”); analysable as lock + wood.
Proper noun
Lockwood (countable and uncountable, plural Lockwoods)
- A placename:
- A civil parish in Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, England. [1]
- A suburb of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, named after a local family (OS grid ref SE1315).
- A number of places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in Amador County, California.
- A census-designated place in Monterey County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Ovid Township, Branch County, Michigan.
- A minor city in Dade County, Missouri.
- A census-designated place in Yellowstone County, Montana.
- An unincorporated community in Merrick County, Nebraska.
- A hamlet in the town of Barton, Tioga County, New York.
- An unincorporated community in Nicholas County, West Virginia.
- A town in the City of Greater Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
- (countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Lockwood is the 1806th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 19865 individuals. Lockwood is most common among White (87.08%) individuals.
References
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Lockwood”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 452.