How common is the surname Pollock?

23,310 people in the United States had the surname Pollock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,245 Americans. It ranked 1,543rd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pollock?

Jackson Pollock, American painter (1912–1956), followed by Mike Pollock.

Where is the surname Pollock most common?

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

Is the surname Pollock getting more or less common?

More common. 22,994 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,310 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Pollock

A place surname, carried by 23,310 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). Pollock is more common than 99% of them.

Origin

Habitational name from Pollok. Related to Polk.

Pollock is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 23,310 people named Pollock in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 13,245 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 22,994.

#1,543

rank among US surnames

23,310

people in 2010

7.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #1,420)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,534	Heard	23,408	13,190
#1,535	Lord	23,405	13,191
#1,536	Thao	23,404	13,192
#1,537	Connelly	23,398	13,195
#1,538	Driscoll	23,385	13,203
#1,539	Dubois	23,366	13,213
#1,540	Feldman	23,356	13,219

Who is named Pollock

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

87% of people named Pollock identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pollocks

14 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jackson Pollock
American painter (1912–1956)
Mike Pollock
American voice actor, born 1965
Griselda Pollock
British art historian, born 1949
Eliza Pollock
American archer (1840–1919)
A. J. Pollock
American baseball player, born 1987
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, born 1948
William P. Pollock
American politician (1870-1922)

Notable Pollocks come mostly from the United States (10), the United Kingdom (3) and Australia (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pollock

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

Questions

Where does the surname Pollock come from?: Habitational name from Pollok. Related to Polk.
How common is the surname Pollock?: 23,310 people in the United States had the surname Pollock in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 13,245 Americans. It ranked 1,543rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pollock?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Pollock identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pollock?: Jackson Pollock, American painter (1912–1956), followed by Mike Pollock.
Where is the surname Pollock most common?: Wikidata records people named Pollock in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
What type of surname is Pollock?: Pollock is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Pollock getting more or less common?: More common. 22,994 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 23,310 in 2010, up 1.4%.