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Walker

in New Mexico

There are 1,749 people with the last name "Walker" in New Mexico.

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Ranking in New Mexico

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Walker 70
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  1. is 66th most common Armijo
  2. is 67th most common Wright
  3. is 68th most common King
  4. is 69th most common Madrid
  5. is 70th most common Walker
  6. is 71st most common Lovato
  7. is 72nd most common Allen
  8. is 73rd most common Jackson
  9. is 74th most common Nelson

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Walker

James, William, John, David, Mary, Michael, Robert, Richard, Charles, Linda

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 New Mexico

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James Walker, NM (9 searches)
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