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Walker

in New York

There are 12,186 people with the last name "Walker" in New York.

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Ranking in New York

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Walker 45
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  1. is 41st most common Cohen
  2. is 42nd most common Sanchez
  3. is 43rd most common Wright
  4. is 44th most common Scott
  5. is 45th most common Walker
  6. is 46th most common Hall
  7. is 47th most common Ortiz
  8. is 48th most common Campbell
  9. is 49th most common Kim

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Walker

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

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 York

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James Walker, NY (99 searches)
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