Erskin: Last Name and Heraldic Notes

Arms linked to Erskine and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to.

Meaning of the name

Erskin and Erskine are two spellings with one history. Taken at its root, Erskin points to “From Erskine in Renfrewshire”.

Erskin drops the “e” of Erskine, a shortening that clerks often made. Other spellings include Arskine. Erskin ranked 39,837 in the 2010 US Census, with 551 people answering to the name. It sits among the 50,000 most common last names in the country.

Get the complete Erskin report, with a museum-style coat of arms.