# Pollack (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pollack/  
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) | 8,977 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,959 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,393 people |
| Change since 2000 | -0.9% (9,058 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pollack 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pollack in the United States, Austria and Habsburg monarchy.

## People named Pollack

- Sydney Pollack, American film director, producer and actor (1934-2008)
- Rachel Pollack, American science fiction author, comic book writer, and expert on divinatory tarot (1945–2
- Martin Pollack, Austrian journalist (1944–2025)
- James B. Pollack, American astronomer (1938-1994)
- Ben Pollack, American musician (1903-1971)
- Jeff Pollack, American film director and producer (1959-2013)
- Richard Pollack, American mathematician (1935–2018)
- Lew Pollack, American songwriter and musician (1895-1946)
- Leopoldo Pollack, architect

## Similar surnames

Pollock, Pollak, Polak, Polack, Polsky, Polk, Palacio, Pyles, Place, 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.