How common is the surname Pollack?

8,977 people in the United States had the surname Pollack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,393 Americans. It ranked 3,959th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pollack?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pollack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pollack?

Sydney Pollack, American film director, producer and actor (1934-2008), followed by Rachel Pollack.

Where is the surname Pollack most common?

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

Is the surname Pollack getting more or less common?

Less common. 9,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,977 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Pollack

A surname, carried by 8,977 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pollack is more common than 97.6% of them.

Origin

A surname

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,977 people named Pollack in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 34,393 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,058.

#3,959

rank among US surnames

8,977

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #3,607)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,950	Sturgeon	9,007	34,278
#3,951	Kidwell	9,006	34,282
#3,953	Clarkson	9,004	34,290
#3,954	Mullis	9,003	34,294
#3,955	Beattie	8,993	34,332
#3,956	Sigler	8,992	34,336
#3,957	Neuman	8,982	34,374

Who is named Pollack

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Pollack identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pollacks

9 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, 1751–1806

Notable Pollacks come mostly from the United States (7), Austria (1) and Habsburg monarchy (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pollack

Pollack has the Soundex code P420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P420.

Questions

How common is the surname Pollack?: 8,977 people in the United States had the surname Pollack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 34,393 Americans. It ranked 3,959th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pollack?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Pollack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pollack?: Sydney Pollack, American film director, producer and actor (1934-2008), followed by Rachel Pollack.
Where is the surname Pollack most common?: Wikidata records people named Pollack in the United States, Austria and Habsburg monarchy.
Is the surname Pollack getting more or less common?: Less common. 9,058 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,977 in 2010, down 0.9%.