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Walker

in Alabama

There are 11,266 people with the last name "Walker" in Alabama.

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Ranking in Alabama

NameRank
Walker 16
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  1. is 12th most common Taylor
  2. is 13th most common White
  3. is 14th most common Miller
  4. is 15th most common Martin
  5. is 16th most common Walker
  6. is 17th most common Thompson
  7. is 18th most common Robinson
  8. is 19th most common Hill
  9. is 20th most common Hall

Similar Names and Nicknames

Welker, Walk, Walkup, Wilcher, Walke, Walkowiak, Walko, Welcher, Wilker, Walkley

Most Common First Names for Walker

James, Robert, John, William, Mary, David, Michael, Charles, Thomas, Willie

Meaning & History

English (especially Yorkshire) and Scottish: occupational name for a fuller, Middle English walkere, Old English wealcere, an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk, tread’. This was the regular term for the occupation during the Middle Ages in western and northern England. Compare Fuller and Tucker. As a Scottish surname it has also been used as a translation of Gaelic Mac an Fhucadair ‘son of the fuller’.

FOREBEARS The name was brought to North America from northern England and Scotland independently by many different bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Samuel Walker came to Lynn, MA, in about 1630; Philip Walker was in Rehoboth, MA, in or before 1643. The surname was also established in VA before 1650; a Thomas Walker, born in 1715 in King and Queen Co., VA, was a physician, soldier, and explorer.

Recent Searches for "Walker" in Alabama

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James Walker, AL (97 searches)
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