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Walker

in Rhode Island

There are 685 people with the last name "Walker" in Rhode Island.

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Ranking in Rhode Island

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Walker 87
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  1. is 83rd most common Oliveira
  2. is 84th most common Diaz
  3. is 85th most common Dasilva
  4. is 86th most common Vieira
  5. is 87th most common Walker
  6. is 88th most common Mccarthy
  7. is 89th most common Andrews
  8. is 90th most common Lynch
  9. is 91st most common Tavares

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Walker

James, William, Michael, Robert, David, Donna, John, Joseph, Thomas

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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James Walker, RI (9 searches)
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