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Walker

in Montana

There are 1,065 people with the last name "Walker" in Montana.

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Ranking in Montana

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Walker 36
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  1. is 32nd most common Roberts
  2. is 33rd most common Campbell
  3. is 34th most common Adams
  4. is 35th most common Lewis
  5. is 36th most common Walker
  6. is 37th most common Scott
  7. is 38th most common Hansen
  8. is 39th most common Evans
  9. is 40th most common King

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Walker

William, John, Robert, David, James, Richard, Brian, Bill, Linda, Michael

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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William Walker, MT (9 searches)
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