Portlock
English
editEtymology
editHabitational surname from the village of Porlock, in Somerset.
Proper noun
editPortlock (countable and uncountable, plural Portlocks)
- A surname.
- A ghost town in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, United States.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Portlock is the 32302nd 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
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Portlock”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.