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Walker

in Massachusetts

There are 4,593 people with the last name "Walker" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Walker 62
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  1. is 58th most common Roberts
  2. is 59th most common Leblanc
  3. is 60th most common Mitchell
  4. is 61st most common Rogers
  5. is 62nd most common Walker
  6. is 63rd most common Cruz
  7. is 64th most common Scott
  8. is 65th most common Green
  9. is 66th most common Wright

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Walker

James, John, Robert, William, David, Michael, Richard, Thomas, Mary, Susan

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 Massachusetts

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James Walker, MA (8 searches)
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