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Walker

in Maine

There are 1,700 people with the last name "Walker" in Maine.

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Ranking in Maine

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Walker 51
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  1. is 47th most common Jackson
  2. is 48th most common Carter
  3. is 49th most common Collins
  4. is 50th most common Baker
  5. is 51st most common Walker
  6. is 52nd most common Nadeau
  7. is 53rd most common Bailey
  8. is 54th most common Russell
  9. is 55th most common Nelson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Walker

Robert, David, John, Michael, Scott, James, Mary, Richard, Daniel

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 Maine

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Robert Walker, ME (9 searches)
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