'Skywalker' is a really common name in the Star Wars universe because it's the surname you're given if your dad was some spacer who skipped out before you were born. ... Explains why Luke keeps the name when he's supposed to be hidden from Vader.
Is anyone named Skywalker?
Skywalker is also the 2,187,323rd most common first name worldwide, borne by 24 people. The last name is most widely held in Canada, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 7,369,118. In Canada Skywalker is most frequent in: British Columbia, where 80 percent reside and Ontario, where 20 percent reside.
What was the original name for Skywalker?
It's a pretty well known piece of “Star Wars” lore, but Luke's original name was Luke Starkiller. Lucas changed it because he thought Starkiller sounded a little too aggressive, specifically reminding him of Charles Manson, so he changed the name to Skywalker.
