How common is the surname Pool?

13,505 people in the United States had the surname Pool in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,862 Americans. It ranked 2,669th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pool?

Tim Pool, American political commentator (born 1986), followed by Juriaen Pool.

Where is the surname Pool most common?

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

Is the surname Pool getting more or less common?

More common. 13,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,505 in 2010, up 2.4%.

The surname Pool

A surname, carried by 13,505 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pool is more common than 98.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,505 people named Pool in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 22,862 Americans. That is up 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,194.

#2,669

rank among US surnames

13,505

people in 2010

4.6

per 100,000 Americans

+2.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,509)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,660	Jarrell	13,562	22,765
#2,661	Rector	13,559	22,771
#2,662	Loyd	13,547	22,791
#2,663	Solorio	13,537	22,808
#2,664	Garvin	13,536	22,809
#2,665	Jaime	13,532	22,816
#2,666	Stamper	13,528	22,823

Who is named Pool

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

83% of people named Pool identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 83%
Black (not Hispanic) 7.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6.4%
Two or more races 1.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pools

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Notable Pools come mostly from the United States (2) and Dutch Republic (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pool

Pool has the Soundex code P400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P400.

Questions

How common is the surname Pool?: 13,505 people in the United States had the surname Pool in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 22,862 Americans. It ranked 2,669th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pool?: In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Pool identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pool?: Tim Pool, American political commentator (born 1986), followed by Juriaen Pool.
Where is the surname Pool most common?: Wikidata records people named Pool in the United States and Dutch Republic.
Is the surname Pool getting more or less common?: More common. 13,194 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,505 in 2010, up 2.4%.