Shanklin: Surname History and Family Crest

The Shanklin last name has English roots. The usual explanation, from Elsdon Smith, is “one who came from Shanklin (leg hill), in Wight”. Place names like this marked newcomers by where they had come from.

3,804 Americans were listed as Shanklin in the 2010 census. That is enough to place it in the top 10,000 American surnames.

Coats of arms were borne by individual families. If arms are recorded under the Shanklin name, our researchers explain whose they were and how they were blazoned. Get the complete Shanklin report, with a museum-style coat of arms.