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Lock
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lock Löck -lock
English
Etymology
As an English, en de - and en nl - surname, from the noun en lock.
Also as an English surname, from en enm loke, itself from en ang loca enclosure or ang *Loca Loki (theonym of the latter).
Also as an English surname, from en enm locke, from ang locc lock of hair.
Also as a German surname, Americanized from en Loch.
As a en zh - surname, variant of en Lok, itself from:
a en yue - form of zh 樂, see en Le.
a Cantonese form of zh 陸, zh 鹿, zh 逯, and zh 禄, see en Lu.
a Cantonese form of zh 駱, see en Luo.
Proper noun
en.
en unincorporated community co/Knox County and co/Licking County s/Ohio c/USA.
en town district council area:suf/Elliston pen/Eyre Peninsula s/South Australia; from the surname.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Lock is the 5,058th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6,936 individuals. Lock is most common among White (76.33%) and Black (10.86%) individuals.
See also
en Locks Heath which may be from the surname
Anagrams
en cklo KLOC Kloc
Low German
Etymology
nds gem-pro 1
From nds gml lok, from nds osx *lok, from nds gmw-pro *lok. Cognate with en lock.
Noun
n Locken nds GLG
hole
opening