Walkèr
surname · Latin script
Walkèr is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 26th most common surname. Recorded meaning: From Middle English walkere (“one who walks, traveller”), equivalent to walk + -er.
- JMJamaica≈1 in 440(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 474
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 508
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- #156 (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Record sources
- 626 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 440 (inferred from the name graph)
523,129 people, 2010
of 19M surnames, spellings grouped
recorded for this name
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Jamaica, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts
(measured from records)One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Walker in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)From Middle English walkere (“one who walks, traveller”), equivalent to walk + -er.
Cited for this meaning 8
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
- Scottish Surnames
- The Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
- Wiktionary
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Walkèr counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | #26 | 523,129 | 1 in 636 | 523K | Walker | 626 |
| GB United Kingdom | #17 | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 474 | 6 | Walker | 353 |
| CA Canada | #22 | ≈54,000 est. | ≈1 in 703 | 51 | Walker | 314 |
| EG Egypt | #691 | ≈52,000 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Walker | 42 |
| AU Australia | #17 | ≈45,000 est. | ≈1 in 572 | 4 | Walker | 297 |
| NZ New Zealand | #16 | ≈9,700 est. | ≈1 in 508 | 10 | Walker | 164 |
| JM Jamaica | #10 | ≈6,400 est. | ≈1 in 440 | — | Walker | 52 |
523,129 people counted by Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010, 2010. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Walkèr mean, and where does it come from?
- From Middle English walkere (“one who walks, traveller”), equivalent to walk + -er. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung and 6 other sources.
- In which country does Walkèr have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 523 thousand people named Walkèr, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled walker.
- How common is the name Walkèr?
- In the United States, the national register counted 523,129 people named Walkèr in 2010, about 1 in 636 residents.
- How common is Walkèr compared with other names?
- In the United States, Walkèr is the 26th most common surname of 6,282,806 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Walkèr” — the 26th most common surname in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.