The Walker surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 501,307 people carried this name — #28 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 538 people counted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
3,703 people named Walker live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Uri.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 494 people named Walker.
175 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 40 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Poland’s population register
146 people named Walker have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 359 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 56 people named Walker live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Walker in American newspapers,
1879–1917.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,823,332 pages in all carry the name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Walker.
- Wald 4,910 · U.S. census
- Walder 1,642 · U.S. census
- Waldmann 636 · U.S. census
- Waldner 3,690 · U.S. census
- Waldvogel 978 · U.S. census
- Waligora 459 · U.S. census
- Walkowiak 1,089 · U.S. census
- Wall 54,401 · U.S. census
- Wallace 190,760 · U.S. census
- Wallaert 105 · U.S. census
- Walle 807 · U.S. census
- Waller 35,001 · U.S. census
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