Booker Family History

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Booker Name Meaning

English: occupational name for someone concerned with books, generally a scribe or binder, from Middle English boker, Old English bocere, an agent derivative of boc ‘book’. English: variant of Bowker. Americanized form of German Bucher.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Boozer, Bowker, Boomer, Cooper, Boker, Hooker, Bowler, Brooker

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Booker Ethnicity Estimate

What are the common regions with the Booker name?

These results combine data from everyone in the AncestryDNA® database with the last name Booker. The Ancestry® ethnicity regions shown are top five most common on average for these people.

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  • England & Wales

    37%

  • Cameroon, Congo, & Southern Bantu Peoples

    15%

  • Benin/Togo

    12%

  • Ireland & Scotland

    12%

  • Germanic Europe

    4%

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Booker Family Origin

Where is the Booker family from?

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You can see how Booker families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Booker family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Booker families were found in the USA in 1880. In 1891 there were 720 Booker families living in Yorkshire. This was about 19% of all the recorded Booker's in the UK. Yorkshire had the highest population of Booker families in 1891.
Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Booker surname lived. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations.

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Booker Family Occupations

What did your Booker ancestors do for a living?

In 1881, the most common Booker occupation in the UK was Agricultural Labourer. 8% of Booker's were Agricultural Labourers. A less common occupation for the Booker family was Labourer. Agricultural Labourer, Coal Miner and Carpenter were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Booker.

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  • Agricultural Labourer

    8%

  • Coal Miner

    6%

  • Carpenter

    3%

  • Labourer

    3%

Census records can tell you a lot of little known facts about your Booker ancestors, such as occupation. Occupation can tell you about your ancestor's social and economic status.

Booker Historical Records

What Booker family records will you find?

Census Record

There are 206,000 census records available for the last name Booker. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Booker census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.

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Passenger List

There are 9,000 immigration records available for the last name Booker. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Draft Card

There are 28,000 military records available for the last name Booker. For the veterans among your Booker ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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Booker Life Expectancy

What is the average Booker lifespan?

Between 1942 and 2004, in the United States, Booker life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1945, and highest in 1998. The average life expectancy for Booker in 1942 was 47, and 69 in 2004.

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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your Booker ancestors lived in harsh conditions. A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family. The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates, death dates, addresses and more.

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