Walker Family History
Walker Name Meaning
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. PWH As a
Scottish surname it has also been used as a translation of Gaelic
Mac an Fhucadair ‘son of the fuller’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Walker Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Walker families
 2,173 - 4,343  725 - 2,172 |
 1 - 724  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Walker families
|
10,335 - 20,667 3,446 - 10,334 |
1 - 3,445 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Walker families
|
2,322 - 4,642 775 - 2,321 |
1 - 774 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Walker Family Origin
Walker Immigration Information
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Walker Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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