WALKER Surname Meaning & Origin:
Walker is the 28th most popular surname in the United States and the 15th most common in England.
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Famous People with the Surname WALKER:
- George F. Walker - Canadian playwright
- Charles D. Walker - American astronaut
- Dorothy Walker Bush - mother of the 41st U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and grandmother of the 43rd U.S. President George W. Bush
- Herschel Walker - American football player
- Mary Edwards Walker - American activist
- William Walker - American adventurer, filibuster and soldier; President of Nicaragua (1856-1857).
- Alice Walker - African American novelist and author of "The Color Purple."
- Craven Walker - Inventor of the lava lamp.
Genealogy Resources for the Surname WALKER:
100 Most Common U.S. Surnames & Their Meanings
Smith, Johnson, Williams, Jones, Brown... Are you one of the millions of Americans sporting one of these top 100 common last names from the 2000 census?
Common English Surnames & Their Meanings
Explore the meanings and origins of the 100 most common English surnames.
Walker Family History Project
This site is dedicated to collecting and recording genealogical information about Walker ancestors worldwide, and includes a number of online databases.
John Walker Family Organization
Family history of the descendants of Robert Walker and Sarah Leager who came from England to Boston via the Winthrop Fleet of 1630.
Walker Surname DNA Project
Over 500 Walkers from around the world have joined together to establish a database of Walker DNA haplotypes to determine which Walker lineages share a common ancestor.
FamilySearch - WALKER Genealogy
Find records, queries, and lineage-linked family trees posted for the Walker surname and its variations.
WALKER Surname & Family Mailing Lists
RootsWeb hosts several free mailing lists for researchers of the Walker surname.
Cousin Connect - WALKER Genealogy Queries
Read or post genealogy queries for the surname Walker, and sign up for free notification when new Walker queries are added.
DistantCousin.com - WALKER Genealogy & Family History
Free databases and genealogy links for the last name Walker.
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References: Surname Meanings & Origins
Cottle, Basil. Penguin Dictionary of Surnames. Baltimore, MD: Penguin Books, 1967.
Menk, Lars. A Dictionary of German Jewish Surnames. Avotaynu, 2005.
Beider, Alexander. A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from Galicia. Avotaynu, 2004.
Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press, 1989.
Hanks, Patrick. Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press, 2003.
Smith, Elsdon C. American Surnames. Genealogical Publishing Company, 1997.
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