# Pomeroy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pomeroy/  
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 | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 7,377 |
| US rank (2010) | 4,792 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 41,852 people |
| Change since 2000 | +1.2% (7,288 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pomeroy 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) | 94% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.1% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pomeroy in the United States.

## People named Pomeroy

- Earl Pomeroy, American politician
- Samuel C. Pomeroy, American politician (1816-1891)
- Jesse Pomeroy, American murderer (1859–1932)
- Theodore M. Pomeroy, American politician (1824-1905)
- Sarah B. Pomeroy, American Professor of Classics (born 1938)
- John Pomeroy, American animator
- Jim Pomeroy, American motorcycle racer (1952–2006)

## Similar surnames

Penner, Pineiro, Pinheiro, Pinero, Piner, Pinner, Poyner.

## 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.