Topics

• About the Shankland One-Name Study
• Variants
• Distribution of the name
• DNA project
• Links
• Contact Details

About the Shankland One-Name Study

The SHANKLAND One-Name Study is run on very informal lines but is a lively international group of people with a shared interest in the name. We are always pleased to receive enquiries or additional information about Shanklands, and maintain a growing database of Shankland data to enable us to help as many people as we can to trace their Shankland ancestry.

Variants

SHANKLIN is the most common variant. It is generally less common than SHANKLAND, except in the USA where it occurs much more frequently than SHANKLAND. There are also a few instances of SHANKLYN, especially in Wales. The references to SHANKILAND, SHANKLAN, SHANKLEN, etc., are probably historical or 'deviants' - i.e. misspellings that were never in actual use.

Distribution of the name

The name has spread all over the world and we are in touch with SHANKLANDs in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and Europe. In Britain it is most common in Scotland, followed by Wales and Ireland; English Shanklands appear (like us) to trace their lines back to Scotland or Wales within a few generations.

DNA project

We have a DNA project at Family Tree DNA, which is managed by John N Shankland, another member of the Shankland One-Name Group.

Links

Visit also our Shankland One-Name Group pages.

Contact details

For further information, contact:

Mrs Anne T Shankland
E-mail:

This page last updated 13 January 2012.

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Profiles of other one-name studies registered with the Guild may be found here.