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Tucker

in North Carolina

There are 6,331 people with the last name "Tucker" in North Carolina.

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Ranking in North Carolina

NameRank
Tucker 102
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  1. is 98th most common Garcia
  2. is 99th most common Wallace
  3. is 100th most common Henderson
  4. is 101st most common Simpson
  5. is 102nd most common Tucker
  6. is 103rd most common Gibson
  7. is 104th most common Webb
  8. is 105th most common Alexander
  9. is 106th most common Martinez

Similar Names and Nicknames

Tuck, Tuckett, Tacker, Tuckey, Tuckerman, Tikker, Tecker, Tuckman, Tuckness, Tukker

Most Common First Names for Tucker

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

Meaning & History

English (chiefly southwestern England and South Wales): occupational name for a fuller, from an agent derivative of Middle English tuck(en) ‘to full cloth’ (Old English tūcian ‘to torment’). This was the term used for the process in the Middle Ages in southwestern England, and the surname is more common there than elsewhere. Compare Fuller and Walker.

Americanized form of Jewish To(c)ker (see Tokarz).

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tuachair ‘descendant of Tuachar’, a personal name composed of the elements tuath ‘people’ + car ‘dear’, ‘beloved’.

Possibly also an Americanized form of German Tucher, from an occupational name for a cloth maker or merchant, from an agent derivative of Middle High German tuoch ‘cloth’.

Recent Searches for "Tucker" in North Carolina

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James Tucker, NC (8 searches)
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