# Pogue (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pogue/  
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) | 7,493 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,734 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,205 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (7,288 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of the surname Pollock influenced by Irish póg (“kiss”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pogue 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) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pogue in the United States.

## People named Pogue

- William R. Pogue, American astronaut (1930-2014)

## Similar surnames

Pough, Poage, Page, Peck, Pace, Pugh, Pike, Paz, Paige, Posey, Pack, Pease.

## 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.