Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post provides online information about the origins, meanings, and frequency of use in the United States of for the surnames (last names) "Walker" and "Warnock".
The content of this post is presented for onomastic* purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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* "Onomastics covers the naming of all things, including place names (toponyms) and personal names (anthroponyms). Given names, often called first names, and surnames, often called last names, usually derive from words with distinct origins." https://www.nypl.org/blog/2015/06/01/names-research-guide
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
The last names "Walker" and "Warnock" were chosen for this pancocojams post because they are the last names for the two African American men who are competing in the 2022 midterm election to be the United States Senator for the state of Georgia. As of the publication date of this pancocojams post, the incumbent Senator Raphael Warnock, Democrat and his Republican challenger Hershel Walker, are slated to have a run off election on Dec. 6, 2022 since neither of them received 50% of the vote. Click https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-georgia-us-senate.html for more information about the Nov. 8, 2022 Georgia Senatorial election.
Like a number of African Americans, I have people in my extended family who have the last name Walker. In contrast, apart from Georgia Senator Rev. Raphael Warnock, I'm not familiar with the "Warnock" last name.
I've presented information about these two last names in alphabetical order. This presentation order definitely does not reflect my preference for which candidate is qualified to be a Senator and therefore deserves to win that election.
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SURNAME (LAST NAME) WALKER
These excerpts are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.
EXCERPT #1
From https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=walker
"Walker Family History
Walker Name Meaning
English (mainly North and Midlands) and Scottish:
occupational name for a fuller from Middle English walker Old English wealcere
(an agent derivative of wealcan ‘to walk tread’) ‘one who trampled
cloth in a bath of lye or kneaded it in order to strengthen it’. This was the
regular term for the occupation during the Middle Ages in western and northern
England. Compare Fuller and Tucker . As a Scottish surname it has also been
used as a translation of Gaelic Mac an Fhucadair ‘son of the fuller’.
This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames: Waller, Walke, Walmer, Wicker, Acker,
Galler, Hawker, Walter, Walzer”…
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The italics and bold font were given in this original article.
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EXCERPT #2
From
"What does the name Walker mean?
Walker is the 14th most common surname in Australia, the
28th most common surname in the United States, and the 18th most common in
England. Walker has Anglo-Saxon roots, and so is found most often in German and
English speaking nations. The Walker surname is an occupational name that has
been seen since the 1200s, from the Germanic 'walker', someone who engaged in
fulling. Fulling was a pre-industrial step of clothmaking that involved
thickening fabric (usually wool) by beating it with the feet or hands. The
process is still known as 'waulking' in Scots. In England the name
Walker is more common in the north and is believed by some to originate in
Yorkshire.
The earliest occurrence of the Walker surname in
our family history documents is from 1445, and we currently have 5,312,799
records where Walker appears."...
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EXCERPT #3
From https://namecensus.com/last-names/walker-surname-popularity
"Race and Ethnic Origin of People with the Last Name Walker
The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups: "White only", "Black only", "American Indian and Alaskan Native only", "Asian and Pacific Islander only", "Two or More Races", and "Hispanic".
For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin
breakdown for Walker was:
58.66%, or 306,867 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic White Only".
35.05%, or 183,357 total occurrences, were
"Non-Hispanic Black Only".
0.45%, or 2,354 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic
Asian and Pacific Islander Only".
0.87%, or 4,551 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic
American Indian and Alaskan Native".
2.55%, or 13,340 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic
of Two or More Races".
2.41%, or 12,607 total occurrences, were "Hispanic
Origin".
Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Walker has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.
2010 2000 Change (%)
White 58.66% 61.25% -4.32%
Black 35.05% 34.17% 2.54%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.45% 0.35% 25.00%
American Indian and Alaskan Native 0.87% 0.83% 4.71%
Two or More Races 2.55% 1.80% 34.48%
Hispanic 2.41% 1.60% 40.40%
Data Source(s)
All of the data on this page is sourced from the Decennial
Census survey, from the United States Census Bureau."...
INFORMATION ABOUT THE SURNAME (LAST NAME) WARNOCH
These excerpts are given in no particular order and are numbered for referencing purposes only.
EXCERPT #1
From
"WARNOCK
Scottish (Lanarkshire) and northern Irish: shortened form of
Mac Warnock, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Mhearnóg ‘son of the
devotee of Saint Mearnóg’*, a hypocoristic form of Earnóg. Saint Mearnóg ‘My
Earnóg’ is the patron saint of Kilmarnock in Scotland, and can be identified
with Earnán or Tearnóg ‘Thy Earnóg’ of Kilnasaggart in south Armagh. As a sept* of the Grahams in Scotland, the surname might also be replaced by Graham .
Compare Warnick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006
WARNOCK is most likely found in:
United States
5,165 people in Family Tree
Scotland
1,942 people in Family Tree
Ireland
1,429 people in Family Tree"
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Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marnock for information about the Scottish Bishop, Monk and Saint Marnock (Mearnóg) who died A.D. 625.
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*Here's information about the word "septs" from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sept
"A sept is a division of a family, especially of a Scottish or Irish family.[1] The term is used in both Scotland and Ireland, where it may be translated as sliocht, meaning "progeny" or "seed",[2] which may indicate the descendants of a person (for example, Sliocht Bhriain Mhic Dhiarmada, "the descendant of Brian MacDermott"). The word may derive from the Latin saeptum, meaning "enclosure" or "fold",[3] or via an alteration of "sect".[4]
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Scotland
In the context of Scottish clans, septs are families that followed another family's chief, or part of the extended family and that hold a different surname. These smaller septs would then be part of the chief's larger clan. A sept might follow another chief if two families were linked through marriage, or, if a family lived on the land of a powerful laird, they would follow him whether they were related or not. Bonds of manrent were sometimes used to bind lesser chiefs and his followers to more powerful chiefs. According to the Oxford Companion to Scottish History, the MacMartins of Letterfinlay who were a sept of the Clan Cameron would have seen themselves as distinct within their own lands, but would have also seen themselves as Camerons if operating elsewhere outside Lochaber.[6] Bonds of manrent and friendship tied obviously non-related kin groups into a wider military, political, and land/food resource sharing clanship.[6]"
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Click https://electricscotland.com/webclans/septs.htm for more information about "septs".
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EXCERPT #2
From https://www.houseofnames.com/warnock-family-crest
"Early Origins of the Warnock family
The surname Warnock was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic:
Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region
of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North
Ayrshire, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say
before the Norman invasion of 1066.
They were originally a sept of the Grahams (hence the same escallops and colours as the Graham Coat of Arms) and known as the Mac-Gille-Warnocks, and gave their name to the parish of Gaitgillmakkilwernock in Kirkcudbrightshire. The Clan was more properly known as the MacIlvernocks.
Some of the first records of the family include: Robert Warnot (probably the same name) who had a remission for his share in holding Dumbarton Castle against the king in 1489 and Andree Warnoche in Lanark who had a remission in 1505. Later, James Warnok was a witness in Ayrshire in 1562. [1]
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Warnock Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Warnock,
MacGilvernock, Warnick, Warnoch, McIlvernock, M'Illvernoche and many more”
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EXCERPT #3
From https://namecensus.com/last-names/warnock-surname-popularity/
"Warnock Last Name Popularity, Meaning and Origin
In this article we'll look at the origin and meaning of the
surname Warnock and how popular it is in the United States. We'll also look at
the race and ethnic origin of people in the United States who are named
Warnock.
Warnock, like all of the names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Warnock surname is from the 2010 census data.
Where Does Warnock Rank in the Most Common U.S. Names?
According to the data, Warnock is ranked #6,567 in terms of
the most common surnames in America.
The Warnock surname appeared 5,159 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1.75 would have the surname Warnock.
We can also compare 2010 data for Warnock to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.
2010 2000 Change (%)
Rank 6567 6217 5.48%
Count 5,159 5,065 1.84%
Proportion per 100k 1.75 1.88 -7.16%
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Race and Ethnic Origin of People with the Last Name Warnock
We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the
surname Warnock.
The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups: "White only", "Black only", "American Indian and Alaskan Native only", "Asian and Pacific Islander only", "Two or More Races", and "Hispanic".
For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Warnock was:
93.35%, or 4,816 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic White Only".
1.38%, or 71 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic
Black Only".
0.52%, or 27 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic
Asian and Pacific Islander Only".
0.41%, or 21 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic
American Indian and Alaskan Native".
1.34%, or 69 total occurrences, were "Non-Hispanic of
Two or More Races".
3.00%, or 155 total occurrences, were "Hispanic
Origin".
Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed
for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific
individuals.
Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Warnock has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.
2010 2000 Change (%)
White 93.35% 95.14% -1.90%
Black 1.38% 1.36% 1.46%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.52% 0.34% 41.86%
American Indian and Alaskan Native 0.41% 0.28% 37.68%
Two or More Races 1.34% 0.93% 36.12%
Hispanic 3.00% 1.95% 42.42%
Data Source(s)
All of the data on this page is sourced from the Decennial
Census survey, from the United States Census Bureau.”…
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