The Locklear surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 19,716 people carried this name — #1,819 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,000 people counted. That is up 11% from 17,730 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Locklear surname

An English surname also used by the Lumbee people in the United States.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Locklear» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Locklear in American newspapers,
1920.

Newspaper page from St. Landry Clarion carrying the name Locklear
St. Landry Clarion 1920-08-21
Newspaper page from New Iberia Enterprise And Independent Observer carrying the name Locklear
New Iberia Enterprise And Independent Observer 1920-09-11
Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Locklear
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1920-09-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,655 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Locklear,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ormer Leslie Locklear
    Ormer Leslie Locklear 1891–1920 · actor
  • Horace Locklear
    Horace Locklear 1921–2024 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Locklear,
in the records of the United States.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States306 records

306 records of the Locklear name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 238
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Eddie Lee Locklear

    Born 1950; from Whiteville, North Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Monroe Locklear

    Born 1925 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bragg; farm hand from Robeson County. U.S. Army veteran; died 2000, buried at Oxendine Cemetery, Lumberton, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Roger T. Locklear

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1965, died 1994; buried at Shoe Heal Cemetery, Maxton, North Carolina.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 306 records for Locklear in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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