Last Name WHITLOCK

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Meaning Nickname: White-lock, from the complexion of the hair or a particular trees. There are similar names like Blacklock, Silverlock, Lovelock. It may also be an imitative form of Witlac, a Scandinavian personal name. Another option is 'at the white lake,' from residence nearby.
Fair hair.
Origin English, Anglo-Saxon, Irish, Falkland, South african

Rank 2,003 (2000 US census) 1,978 (1990 US census)
Count 16,603 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 80.96%, or 13442 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 15.2%, or 2524 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.34%, or 56 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.58%, or 96 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.49%, or 247 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.43%, or 237 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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