Anker Last Name Facts and Heraldry

Anker is catalogued in Wikidata as a German last name. The 2010 census count for Anker in the United States was 1,577, good for rank 17,764. That puts it among the top 25,000 US surnames. Census returns, passenger lists and civil registers are the best places to follow an Anker line back. Standard surname dictionaries do not settle the origin of Anker, so we research it family by family rather than guess.

Here is a quick, sourced look at the Anker surname.

There is no single Anker family crest for all bearers; the honest first step is to find out which Anker line, if any, bore arms. Research your Anker family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.