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Walker

in Virginia

There are 11,368 people with the last name "Walker" in Virginia.

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Ranking in Virginia

NameRank
Walker 25
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  1. is 21st most common Lewis
  2. is 22nd most common Clark
  3. is 23rd most common Robinson
  4. is 24th most common Wright
  5. is 25th most common Walker
  6. is 26th most common Scott
  7. is 27th most common Turner
  8. is 28th most common Campbell
  9. is 29th most common Allen

Similar Names and Nicknames

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

Most Common First Names for Walker

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

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 Virginia

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James Walker, VA (96 searches)
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