How common is the surname Poole?

56,226 people in the United States had the surname Poole in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,491 Americans. It ranked 604th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Poole?

Jordan Poole, American basketball player (born 1999), followed by Christopher Poole.

Where is the surname Poole most common?

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

How do you pronounce Poole?

Poole is /puːl/, one syllable.

Is the surname Poole getting more or less common?

More common. 54,706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 56,226 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Poole

A surname, carried by 56,226 people in the United States.

Pronounced /puːl/ 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). Poole is more common than 99.6% of them.

Origin

From pool.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 56,226 people named Poole in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 5,491 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 54,706.

#604

rank among US surnames

56,226

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #549)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#595	Clayton	56,638	5,451
#596	Whitaker	56,616	5,453
#597	Decker	56,576	5,457
#598	Yoder	56,410	5,473
#599	Collier	56,380	5,476
#600	Zuniga	56,347	5,479
#601	Carey	56,322	5,482

Who is named Poole

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

73% of people named Poole identified as white (not Hispanic), 23% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 73%
Black (not Hispanic) 23%
Two or more races 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pooles

8 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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, born 2003
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, born 1976

Notable Pooles come mostly from the United States (7) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Poole

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

Questions

Where does the surname Poole come from?: From pool.
How common is the surname Poole?: 56,226 people in the United States had the surname Poole in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 5,491 Americans. It ranked 604th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Poole?: In the 2010 Census, 73% of people named Poole identified as white (not Hispanic), and 23% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Poole?: Jordan Poole, American basketball player (born 1999), followed by Christopher Poole.
Where is the surname Poole most common?: Wikidata records people named Poole in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Poole?: Poole is /puːl/, one syllable.
Is the surname Poole getting more or less common?: More common. 54,706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 56,226 in 2010, up 2.8%.