# Poll (surname)

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

A surname transferred from the given name.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,672 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,993 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 184,656 people |
| Change since 2000 | -15.0% (1,966 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /pɑl/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Polly, by rhyming with Molly, from Mary.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Poll 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) | 87% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 5.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Poll in Belgium.

## People named Poll

- Max Poll, Belgian ichthyologist (1908–1991)

## Similar surnames

Poole, Pool, Pohl, Polley, Pell, Polo, Polly, Poli, Pol, Pall, Powell, Paul.

## 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.