Walker (surname) explained

Walker
Meaning:A walker, or one who "walked" on raw, damp cloth in order to thicken it.
Region:Europe
Language:English, Middle High German, German
Variant:Welker, Walcher, Welcker, Wallker, Walkyr, Walkere, Wealcan, Walcere

Walker is an English, Scottish and German surname.

With close to 100,000 bearers, Walker is the 18th most common surname in England.[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. Web site: Forebears . 7 January 2015.
  2. Web site: Genealogy Data: Frequently Occurring Surnames from Census 2000 – U.S. Census Bureau . U.S. Census Bureau . 14 November 2011.
  3. Web site: Search for Australian Surnames . IP Australia . Government of Australia . 2007-05-14.