# Polo (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/polo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Italian or Spanish

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,598 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,084 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 85,810 people |
| Change since 2000 | +29% (2,790 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Italian Polo and Spanish Polo.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Polo 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) | 34% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 3.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 59% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Polo in the United States.

## People named Polo

- Teri Polo, American actress
- Eddie Polo, actor (1875–1961)
- Malvina Polo, American actress (1903-2000)
- Joe Polo, American curler

## Similar surnames

Poole, Pool, Pohl, Polley, Polly, Poli, Poll, Pooley, Pol, Palo, Powell, Paul.

## 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.