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Walker (surname)

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Walker is an English and Scottish surname.

Walker
Pronunciation/ˈwɔːkər/
Language(s)English
Origin
MeaningA walker, or one who "walked" on raw, damp cloth in order to thicken it.
Region of originEurope
Other names
Variant form(s)Welker, Walcher, Welcker, Wallker, Walkyr, Walkere, Wealcan, Walcere

With over 150,000 bearers in England in 2014, Walker was the 14th most common surname in that country.[1] As of the 2000 U.S. Census, 501,307 people had the surname Walker, making it the 28th most common surname in America.[2] It is the 14th most common surname in Australia, with 26,688 people as of 2007.[3]

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  1. ^ "Walker Surname Origin, Meaning & Last Name History". forebears.io. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
  2. ^ "Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000 – U.S. Census Bureau". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
  3. ^ IP Australia. "Search for Australian Surnames". Government of Australia. Retrieved 2007-05-14.
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