Lackey is used as a family name or surname in English. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Lackey
No. of characters: 6
Origin: English
Meaning: A person sent, an attendant servant

How popular is Lackey?

Lackey is common in United States.

Lackey is ranked 22523 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Lackey bearers increased by 1.876162 per cent in 2010 US census to 18082 since 2000, the surname slipped by 134 spots and ranked at 1996. The last name was found in around 61 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 84.07 85.5
Black 10.37 10.12
Hispanic or Latino 2.16 1.58
Others 1.94 1.59
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.97 0.83
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.49 0.38
Lackey is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 22869 people have been found who wears Lackey as their family name. Lackey is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
381,097 Ukraine4
16,136 Kenya3
2,754 Namibia3
54,641 Sweden2
5,630 Northern Ireland2
14,004 Hungary2
20,595 China2
1,500,361 India2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
897,276 Russia1
810,193 Indonesia1
7,191 Afghanistan1
18,969 Wales1
7,292 Vietnam1
36,678 Singapore1
34,581 Chile1
24,771 Colombia1
8,181 Botswana1
17,575 Kuwait1
118,015 Netherlands1
37,493 Austria1
66,560 Philippines1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
38,841 Scotland1
2,037 Cayman Islands1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
20,041 New Zealand24
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,450 Ireland60
Countries with hundreds of Lackey:
5,736 Canada757
18,862 England285
24,304 South Africa237
13,353 Australia204
59,024 Germany168
Countries with ten thousands of Lackey:
1,900 United States21,041
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Hugh Lackey worked as weaver and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Belfast on Arrick and arrived on March 14, 1849. Luke Lackey (32) Workman, 18 years old Margt. Lackey, Immigrant Edmond Lackey, 7 years old Thomas Lackey, Bridget Lackey (11) Immigrant, Immigrant Joseph Lackey, 25 years old Timothy Lackey, Workman Joseph Lackey, and 19 other Lackey around 75% of whom were workman migrated to US.

Lackey Namesakes

  • Buddy Lackey, Musical Artist
  • Robert Lackey, Football head coach
  • Darrin Lackey, Actor
  • John Lackey, Baseball pitcher
  • Derran Lackey, John Lackey's father
  • Mercedes Lackey, Writer
  • Bob Lackey, Basketball Player
  • Lisa Lackey, Actress
  • Mercedes Lackey, Writer
  • Mercedes Lackey, Writer

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