Pronunciation | /ˈwɔːkər/ |
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Language(s) | English |
Origin | |
Meaning | A walker, or one who "walked" on raw, damp cloth in order to thicken it. |
Region of origin | Europe |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Welker, Walcher, Welcker, Wallker, Walkyr, Walkere, Wealcan, Walcere |
Walker is an English and Scottish surname.
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]