# Pool (surname)

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

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 13,505 |
| US rank (2010) | 2,669 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 22,862 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.4% (13,194 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pool 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) | 83% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 6.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 1.9% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pool in the United States and Dutch Republic.

## People named Pool

- Tim Pool, American political commentator (born 1986)
- Juriaen Pool, 18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1665-1745)
- John Pool, American politician (1826-1884)

## Similar surnames

Poole, Pohl, Polo, Polly, Poli, Poll, Pooley, Pol, Powell, Paul, Pyle, Pauley.

## 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.