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Walker

in Pennsylvania

There are 11,647 people with the last name "Walker" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Walker 29
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  1. is 25th most common Harris
  2. is 26th most common Campbell
  3. is 27th most common Fisher
  4. is 28th most common Adams
  5. is 29th most common Walker
  6. is 30th most common Scott
  7. is 31st most common Kelly
  8. is 32nd most common Weaver
  9. is 33rd most common Evans

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Walker

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

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 Pennsylvania

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Robert Walker, PA (98 searches)
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