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Meaning/Origin Edit. The surname Walker is of English or Scottish origin. It comes from the profession of woollen clothmaking called fulling or walking (waulking in Scotland). It involves the cleansing of cloth (particularly wool) to get rid of oils and other impurities and to thicken the fibres. The worker who does the job is a fuller, tucker or walker. In Swiss-German, it is synonymous with Muller, which translates to miller.
Walker is an occupational surname for a fuller, or one who originally walked on raw, damp cloth in order to shrink and thicken it. Derived from the Middle English walkcere, meaning a fuller of cloth, and the Old English wealcan, to walk or tread.. Walker is the 28th most popular surname in the United States and the 15th most common in England. Surname Origin: English, Scottish. Alternate Surname Spellings: WALLKER, WALKAR, WALKERE.