# Walkinshaw (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/walkinshaw/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 388 |
| US rank (2010) | 53,316 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 795,736 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.3% (389 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈwɔːkɪnˌʃɔː/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From a former place in Renfrewshire, Scotland, approximately where Glasgow Airport is now. Farms named Easter Walkinshaw and Wester Walkinshaw survive, as well as Walkinshaw Road. Middle Walkinshaw, shown on a 1957 OS map, has disappeared.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Walkinshaw in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.0% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Walkinshaw in the United States.

## People named Walkinshaw

- James Walkinshaw, American politician from Virginia (born 1982)

## Similar surnames

Wilson, Wilkins, Wilkinson, Willson, Wilkens, Wilken, Willison, Wilkin, Welcome, Wolken, Wilczynski, Wohlgemuth.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.