Lockridge History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Ireland

This Lockridge surname is an Anglicized form of the Gaelic "Luachra," derived from the word "luachair," which means "rushes" or "sedges."

Early Origins of the Lockridge family

The surname Lockridge was first found in Armagh (Irish: Ard Mhacha) located in the province of Ulster in present day Northern Ireland, where they held a family seat as ecclesiastics in west Armagh and Antrim. Irish history was greatly influenced by the Norman invasion of 1172, and thereafter, the surnames of Irish Gaelic clanns and septs and many of the Norman families became almost indistinguishable. This family name was found later in Tyrone about 1430.

Early History of the Lockridge family

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Lockridge Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Loughran, Lochrane, Lochraine, Lutheran, Lochran, Laugheran, Loughrey, O'Loughran, O'Lochrane, O'Lochran, O'Loughraine and many more.

Early Notables of the Lockridge family

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Lockridge Ranking

In the United States, the name Lockridge is the 7,528^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Lockridge migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lockridge Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Lockridge, who arrived in Virginia in 1807 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Lockridge (post 1700) +

William O’Neal Lockridge (b. 1947), American political activist from Columbia, Tennessee
Shadrach Meshach Lockridge (1913-2000), American pastor from Robertson County, Texas, active in the civil rights movement, his church hosted Martin Luther King Jr
Ross Franklin Lockridge Jr. (1914-1948), American novelist, best known for his novel Raintree County (1948)
Rocky Lockridge (b. 1959), American former WBA super featherweight champion
Richard Orson Lockridge (1898-1982), American writer of detective fiction
Hildegarde Dolson Lockridge (1908-1981), born Hildegarde Dolson, American writer, wife of Richard Orson Lockridge
William Lockridge (1932-2013), American horse breeder, co-founder of Ashford Stud
Will G. Lockridge, American politician, Member of Missouri State Senate 14th District, 1935-38 3

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html