About the Tomkins Surname

Anyone researching Tomkins should also look under Thompkins. The name is generally explained as “The son of little Thom”.

Heraldry and the Tomkins name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Tomkins, so the heraldry linked to Thompkins is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Spelling and variants

Before spelling was fixed, Thompkins was also written Tomkins. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. The same family of names includes Tompkins.

1,260 Americans were listed as Tomkins in the 2010 census. Want more than a summary? See the Tomkins family name pack.