About Walkenhorst
The surname Walkenhorst is of German origin and is derived from the combination of two elements: "walken," meaning to full or to felt (a process of shrinking and thickening cloth), and "horst," meaning a wooded hill or a thicket. Therefore, the surname Walkenhorst can be interpreted as someone who lived near or worked at a place where cloth was fulled or felted, possibly located on or near a wooded hill.
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The surname Walkenhorst is a unique entry in our records. Discover more about its distribution and characteristics:
Below is the ethnic distribution of the surname Walkenhorst based on recent US Census records. This is a brief glimpse into the diverse backgrounds of people carrying this surname.
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Here's how to represent Walkenhorst in Braille, each pattern of raised dots corresponds to a letter in the name.
The image below shows how you can spell Walkenhorst using American Sign Language (ASL). In sign language, each hand shape corresponds to a specific a letter of the name.