About the Rawlins Surname

Rawlins is best understood together with Rawlings: both are English spellings of one family name. Read literally, Rawlins points to “Son of little Raoul”.

• Records show Rawlins as one of the forms Rawlings took over time.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• 6,566 Americans were listed as Rawlins in the 2010 census. That puts it among the top 10,000 US surnames.
• The same family of names includes Rawling and Rollins.

Rawlins coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Rawlins, so the heraldry linked to Rawlings is a starting point, not an automatic right. For the full story, order the Rawlins surname pack.