# Pollard (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pollard/  
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 nickname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | English |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 35,749 |
| US rank (2010) | 974 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 8,636 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.9% (34,079 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈpɑ.lɚd/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Middle English poll (“head”) + the pejorative suffix -ard (“person characterized by or associated with something, often in a negative way”). The suffix has the same meaning as in drunkard and coward.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pollard 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) | 63% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 31% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 2.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pollard in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

## People named Pollard

- Michael J. Pollard, American actor (1939–2019)
- Snub Pollard, Australian actor (1889-1962)
- Harry A. Pollard, American actor, film director, screenwriter (1879–1934)
- Jim Pollard, American basketball player and coach (1922–1993)
- Scot Pollard, American basketball player and reality television contestant
- John Garland Pollard, American politician (1871-1937)
- Robert Pollard, American singer and songwriter
- Tiffany Pollard, American television personality
- Myles Pollard, Australian actor
- Fritz Pollard, American hurdler
- Daphne Pollard, Australian actress
- Alfred William Pollard, British author and bibliographer (1859–1944)

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Plourde.

## 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.