# Stackpole (surname)

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

A habitational surname from Old Norse.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Norse |
| Type | place, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,314 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,248 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 234,966 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.1% (1,329 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Stackpoole, Stacpoole |

## Etymology

Apparently from Old Norse stakkr (“stack”) + pollr (“pool”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Stackpole 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) | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.1% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Similar surnames

Stockford.

## 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.