Last Name WALKER

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Meaning The walker, i.e. filler, a term applied to a fuller of cloth (from his stamping on or pressing it).
An inspector of a forest.
In the north of England and south of Scotland a fulling-mill was called a walk-mill. This name may signify either a fuller or an officer whose duty consisted in walking or inspecting a certain space of forest ground.
Origin English, Scottish, Jewish, Dutch, French, Native American, Chilean, Irish, Falkland, Maori, Creole, Austrian, Belgian, South african, Hungarian

Rank 28 (2000 US census) 25 (1990 US census)
Count 501,307 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 61.25%, or 307051 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 34.17%, or 171297 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.35%, or 1755 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.83%, or 4161 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.8%, or 9024 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.6%, or 8021 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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