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Walker

in California

There are 23,239 people with the last name "Walker" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Walker 58
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  1. is 54th most common Aguilar
  2. is 55th most common Moreno
  3. is 56th most common Nelson
  4. is 57th most common Romero
  5. is 58th most common Walker
  6. is 59th most common Castillo
  7. is 60th most common Castro
  8. is 61st most common Robinson
  9. is 62nd most common Allen

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Walker

Robert, James, John, Michael, David, William, Richard

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 California

Since June 2009
9,261

Most Popular Search

Robert Walker, CA (93 searches)
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