# Pohl (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,485 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,369 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 47,609 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (6,406 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pohl 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pohl in the United States and Austria.

## People named Pohl

- Frederik Pohl, American science fiction writer and editor (1919–2013)
- Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl, Austrian botanist, entomologist, geologist and physician (1782-1834)
- Walter Pohl, Austrian historian
- John Pohl, American ice hockey player
- Krissy Wendell-Pohl, American ice hockey player

## Similar surnames

Poole, Pool, Pahl, Polo, Polly, Poli, Poll, Pol, Powell, Paul, Pyle, Pauley.

## 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.