Walker

in Arkansas

There are 6,527 people with the last name "Walker" in Arkansas.

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Ranking in Arkansas

NameRank
Walker 17
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  1. is 13th most common Harris
  2. is 14th most common Martin
  3. is 15th most common Thomas
  4. is 16th most common Thompson
  5. is 17th most common Walker
  6. is 18th most common Clark
  7. is 19th most common Hill
  8. is 20th most common Anderson
  9. is 21st most common King

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Walker

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



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.


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