How common is the surname Pooley?

1,472 people in the United States had the surname Pooley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,746 Americans. It ranked 18,676th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pooley?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pooley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pooley?

Olaf Pooley, British actor (1914-2015).

Where is the surname Pooley most common?

Wikidata records people named Pooley in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Pooley getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,472 in 2010, down 8.3%.

The surname Pooley

A surname, carried by 1,472 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pooley is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,472 people named Pooley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,746 Americans. That is down 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,606.

#18,676

rank among US surnames

1,472

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-8.3%

change since 2000 (was #16,480)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,671	Hamaker	1,473	209,603
#18,676	Purpura	1,472	209,746
#18,685	Gettinger	1,471	209,888

Who is named Pooley

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

91% of people named Pooley identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pooleys

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Olaf Pooley
British actor (1914-2015)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pooley

Pooley 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 Pooley?: 1,472 people in the United States had the surname Pooley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,746 Americans. It ranked 18,676th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pooley?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Pooley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pooley?: Olaf Pooley, British actor (1914-2015).
Where is the surname Pooley most common?: Wikidata records people named Pooley in the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Pooley getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,606 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,472 in 2010, down 8.3%.