Portlock

English

Etymology

Habitational surname from the village of Porlock, in Somerset.

Proper noun

Portlock (countable and uncountable, plural Portlocks)

1. A surname.
2. A ghost town in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Portlock is the 32302^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 713 individuals. Portlock is most common among White (64.24%) and Black/African American (30.15%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Portlock”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Lockport