# Poole (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/poole/  
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) | 56,226 |
| US rank (2010) | 604 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 5,491 people |
| Change since 2000 | +2.8% (54,706 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /puːl/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From pool.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Poole 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) | 73% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 2.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Poole in the United States and the United Kingdom.

## People named Poole

- Jordan Poole, American basketball player (born 1999)
- Christopher Poole, American internet entrepreneur (born 1988)
- Ernest Cook Poole, American journalist and novelist (1880-1950)
- Max Poole, British cyclist
- William Frederick Poole, American bibliographer and librarian (1821-1894)
- William Poole, American boxer and a founder of the street gang the Bowery Boys (1821–1855)
- Jim Poole, badminton player (1932–2021)
- Wednesday 13, American musician

## Similar surnames

Pool, Pohl, Polley, Polo, Poli, Poll, Pooley, Pol, Powley, Powell, Paul, Pyle.

## 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.