Balker Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 1
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 5
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 2
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 2
Herefordshire 5
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 3
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 2
London 2
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 5
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 3
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Balker Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Balker family

Profession Census Frequency
Female Servant 3
Tailor 2
Independent 2
Lace Maker 1
Attorney 1
Male Servant 1
Boot Binder 1
Pri Man 1
Fs 1
Servant 1
Brewer 1
Smith 1
Publican 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Balker

Name Census Frequency
Mary Balker 36
William Balker 22
John Balker 18
Thomas Balker 18
Sarah Balker 17
Elizabeth Balker 16
George Balker 16
Ann Balker 12
Charles Balker 12
James Balker 11
Annie Balker 9
Arthur Balker 9
Emily Balker 9
Alfred Balker 8
Alice Balker 8
Henry Balker 8
Margaret Balker 7
Robert Balker 7
Frederick Balker 6
Emma Balker 5
Joseph Balker 5
Samuel Balker 5
Clara Balker 4
Edward Balker 4
Edwin Balker 4

Balker Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Blaker 67% 4,825
2 Balker 100% 428
3 Bawker 83% 273
4 Baucher 57% 118

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The surname Balker is the 2nd most popular variant of Blaker.

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