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Walker

in South Carolina

There are 7,823 people with the last name "Walker" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Walker 23
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  1. is 19th most common Wright
  2. is 20th most common Lee
  3. is 21st most common Scott
  4. is 22nd most common Harris
  5. is 23rd most common Walker
  6. is 24th most common Hall
  7. is 25th most common Young
  8. is 26th most common Lewis
  9. is 27th most common Campbell

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Walker

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

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 South Carolina

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James Walker, SC (91 searches)
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