Popularity of the last name by country

United States

• California (66,161)
• Virginia (58,672)
• New York (52,100)
• Massachusetts (48,933)
• Illinois (39,502)
• Pennsylvania (36,474)
• North Carolina (31,833)
• Texas (30,784)
• Maryland (29,905)
• Indiana (25,890)
• Tennessee (24,993)
• Georgia (23,468)
• Ohio (21,610)
• Michigan (21,533)
• Missouri (19,758)
• Kentucky (17,612)
• Alabama (17,477)
• Colorado (16,522)
• Mississippi (16,412)
• New Jersey (13,275)
• South Carolina (12,330)
• Connecticut (11,687)
• Arkansas (11,374)
• Kansas (11,039)
• Florida (10,975)
• Iowa (10,778)
• Utah (10,422)
• Oklahoma (10,415)
• Maine (9,573)
• West Virginia (9,519)
• New Hampshire (8,374)
• Washington (7,410)
• Vermont (6,916)
• Wisconsin (5,307)
• Minnesota (5,253)
• Idaho (4,871)
• Nebraska (4,507)
• Louisiana (4,064)
• Montana (3,706)
• Arizona (3,258)
• Rhode Island (2,792)
• Oregon (2,668)
• North Dakota (2,223)
• South Dakota (1,802)
• New Mexico (1,771)
• Wyoming (1,403)
• Hawaii (1,066)
• Nevada (1,016)
• Delaware (852)
• Alaska (274)

All countries

• United Kingdom (1,754,994)
• United States (883,112)
• Australia (50,308)
• New Zealand (40,927)
• Ireland (37,007)
• Canada (20,361)
• Germany (19,536)
• France (13,876)
• Unknown country (12,845)
• Switzerland (11,828)
• Netherlands (3,596)
• Italy (1,647)
• Belgium (1,478)
• Colombia (1,063)
• Mexico (1,027)
• Spain (874)
• India (763)
• Greece (726)
• Poland (563)
• Argentina (497)
• South Africa (432)
• Russian Federation (394)
• Chile (365)
• China (331)
• French Polynesia (323)
• Sweden (322)
• Peru (302)
• Austria (247)
• Turkey (245)
• Brazil (242)
• Sri Lanka (239)
• Norway (234)
• Egypt (220)
• Lebanon (202)
• Ukraine (200)
• Estonia (193)
• Portugal (178)
• Jamaica (166)
• Malta (164)
• Denmark (147)

Origine of last name

WALKER : In the north of England and south of Scotland a fulling-mill is still 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.