Explore the Family Name Walkinshaw

The meaning of Walkinshaw

Scottish: habitational name from Walkinshaw in Renfrewshire. The second element of the placename is Scots shaw ‘small wood’; the first element is probably the present participle of wa(u)lk ‘to full (cloth)’, as in the ubiquitous wa(u)lkmill ‘fulling mill’; perhaps therefore ‘wood by a fulling mill’.

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How common is the last name Walkinshaw in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Walkinshaw has seen a slight decline from 2000 to 2010. In the year 2000, it was ranked 50,468 in terms of commonality and had 389 bearers across the United States, making up about 0.14 per 100k individuals. By 2010, it had dropped to rank 53,316, with the count falling marginally to 388, equating to around 0.13 per 100k people. This represents a decrease of approximately 5.64% in rank and 0.26% in count.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#50,468	#53,316	-5.64%
Count	389	388	-0.26%
Proportion per 100k	0.14	0.13	-7.14%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Walkinshaw

Regarding ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census reveals that most bearers of the surname Walkinshaw identify as White, at 95.63% in 2000 and 95.36% in 2010, showing a minor shift of -0.28%. The percentage of Hispanic bearers fell significantly from 2.31% to 1.55%, a decrease of 32.9%. Interestingly, the proportion of American Indian and Alaskan Native rose from 0% in 2000 to 1.8% in 2010. There were no recorded bearers who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or with two or more races in either year, and the percentage identifying as Black went from 1.29% in 2000 to none in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.63%	95.36%	-0.28%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.8%	0%
Hispanic	2.31%	1.55%	-32.9%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	1.29%	0%	0%