Harker Family History
Harker Name Meaning
habitational name from either of two places in Cumbria, or from
one in the parish of Halsall, near Ormskirk, Lancashire. The Cumbrian
places are probably named from Middle English hart ‘male deer’
+ kerr ‘marshland’. The one in Lancashire has the same second
element, while the first is probably Old English har ‘gray’
or hara ‘hare’.nickname for an eavesdropper or busybody,
from an agent derivative of Middle English herkien ‘to listen’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Harker Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Harker families
 55 - 108  19 - 54 |
 1 - 18  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Harker families
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629 - 1,255 210 - 628 |
1 - 209 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Harker families
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9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Harker Family Origin
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Harker Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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