# Polack (surname)

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

An anglicized Polish surname from Polish, from Polak (“Pole”).

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Polish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 643 |
| US rank (2010) | 35,057 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 480,164 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.9% (619 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpoʊlɑk/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Polak, Pollack, Pollock, Polock |

## Etymology

From Polish Polak (“a Polish person”). Cognate to French Polak, and akin to Swedish polack.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Polack 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) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 9.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 7.3% |
| Two or more races | 3.0% |

## Similar surnames

Polk, Pollock, Pollack, Pollak, Polak, Place, Polsky, Palacio, Pyles, Plaza, Pelaez, Paulk.

## 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.