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Flucker Surname Meaning

Perhaps a derivative of Middle English fluke, older Scots fluke flowke (Old English flōc) means ‘flat fish’ (especially the flounder) + -er denoting a fisherman specialising in the catching of flat fish. Black notes that this was ‘an old surname in Fife’ and ‘a not uncommon one among the fisherfolk of Newhaven near Edinburgh.’

Alternatively, it may be a variant of Fulcher (Middle English Fulcher, Fulker, Folker) with metathesis of l. See also Flockhart and Folkard, with which the surname probably became confused.

Compare the following, all appearing as entries in IGI for the parish of Inveresk with Musselburgh, Midlothian: Marion Flocard (1684), Jean Folkard (1687), and Agnes Fluker (1813).

With Jeane Fluker (1604), compare Janet Fluckard (1680), both in IGI entries for Edinburgh.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016

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You can see how Flucker families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Flucker family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1841 and 1920. The most Flucker families were found in and Scotland in 1841. In 1891 there were 11 Flucker families living in Staffordshire. This was about 34% of all the recorded Flucker's in United Kingdom. Staffordshire had the highest population of Flucker families in 1891.

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Between 1965 and 2002, in the United States, Flucker life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1965, and highest in 1999. The average life expectancy for Flucker in 1965 was 21, and 53 in 2002.

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