# Pollock (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pollock/  
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 | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 23,310 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,543 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 13,245 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.4% (22,994 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Habitational name from Pollok. Related to Polk.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pollock 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) | 7.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.2% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pollock in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

## People named Pollock

- Jackson Pollock, American painter (1912–1956)
- Mike Pollock, American voice actor
- Griselda Pollock, British art historian
- Eliza Pollock, American archer (1840–1919)
- A. J. Pollock, American baseball player
- James Pollock, American politician (1810-1890)
- Channing Pollock, American actor and magician (1926-2006)
- Channing Pollock, American playwright and screenwriter (1880-1946)
- Daniel Pollock, Australian actor (1968–1992)
- Sir Frederick Pollock, 3rd Baronet, British academic (1845–1937)
- Sheldon Pollock, American Indologist and Sanskrit scholar
- William P. Pollock, American politician (1870-1922)

and 2 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Pollack, 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.