# Pond (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pond/  
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) | 9,052 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,930 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 34,108 people |
| Change since 2000 | +4.1% (8,697 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from both senses of the noun pound. * As a German and north/Low German surname, Americanized from Pfund and Pund respectively, both related to the above.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pond 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) | 91% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.2% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

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

## People named Pond

- John Pond, British astronomer
- Mimi Pond, American cartoonist and writer
- Nathan Pond, association football player (born 1985)

## Similar surnames

Pound, Ponte, Point, Pineda, Pinto, Puente, Pinedo, Pandya, Pando, Penate, Pandey, Panetta.

## 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.