Pollock is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Pollock
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Scottish surname. Means the person who comes from a place called Pollock (eg in the Highland). Sometimes askhénazes worn by Jews, then it is a nickname given to the one who comes from Poland.

How popular is Pollock?

Pollock is common in United States.

Pollock is ranked 9864 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Pollock bearers increased by 1.374272 per cent in 2010 US census to 23310 since 2000, the surname slipped by 123 spots and ranked at 1543. The last name was found in around 79 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 87 89.21
Black 7.12 6.58
Hispanic or Latino 3.16 2.11
Others 1.46 1.07
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.68 0.49
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.58 0.53
Pollock is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Northern Ireland is ahead in terms of density. Around 54567 people have been found who wears Pollock as their family name. Pollock is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
486,351 Russia10
4,742 China9
6,940 Japan8
318,252 Ukraine6
9,949 Trinidad and Tobago6
1,632 South Korea5
4,997 Bangladesh4
32,086 Mexico3
78,945 Argentina3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
1,850 Papua New Guinea3
124,220 Italy2
54,641 Sweden2
40,064 Nigeria2
37,372 Georgia2
6,266 Luxembourg2
5,298 Botswana2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
1,143 French Polynesia2
1,834 Malta2
17,575 Kuwait1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
9,116 Nicaragua1
12,741 Ecuador1
6,149 Ethiopia1
31,584 Peru1
10,190 Bahrain1
2,057 Isle of Man1
8,859 Iraq1
1,818 Guernsey1
2,578 Guam1
5,916 Mozambique1
1,572 Macau1
1,253 Burundi1
9,591 Panama1
17,768 Pakistan1
10,683 Cyprus1
2,057 Myanmar1
4,435 Togo1
2,374 Bermuda1
49,101 Denmark1
47,891 Norway1
91,024 Belgium1
2,190 Barbados1
7,790 Zambia1
798 Anguilla1
6,967 Macedonia1
29,774 Venezuela1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
4,813 Hong Kong47
241 Saint Kitts and Nevis34
4,647 Thailand21
15,050 Singapore18
886 United States Virgin Islands18
1,163 Jersey17
55,829 Zimbabwe16
3,664 Costa Rica16
587,188 India11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
10,122 Chile90
2,423 Jamaica89
11,356 United Arab Emirates84
30,349 Spain82
13,957 Switzerland81
104,075 Brazil64
11,009 Finland60
39,248 Netherlands53
Countries with hundreds of Pollock:
31,047 Germany336
34,535 Philippines322
1,830 Ireland273
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
6,656 Israel165
61,459 France159
31,070 Turkey140
64,166 Indonesia135
2,121 Puerto Rico109
3,682 Wales102
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Pollock:
1,388 England5,689
903 Canada5,537
694 Australia4,362
2,253 South Africa2,886
273 Scotland2,848
197 Northern Ireland1,598
666 New Zealand1,004
Countries with ten thousands of Pollock:
1,421 United States27,702
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Patt Pollock worked as mechanic and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 20 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Envoy and arrived on June 4, 1846. Nancy Pollock (20) Immigrant, Gentleman William Pollock, Henrietta Pollock, aged 20, Mary Pollock, aged 40, John Pollock (15) Farmer, Cathe. Pollock, aged 14, Margt. Pollock, aged 12, Jacob Pollock (20) Glazier, and 66 other Pollock around 35.14% of whom were workman while others worked as farmer and spinster migrated to US.

Pollock Namesakes

  • Aja Pollock, Actress
  • Alasdair Pollock, Cricket Player
  • Algernon J. Pollock, Writer
  • Allegra Pollock, Tom Pollock's daughter
  • Ida Pollock, Writer
  • Allyson Pollock, Professor
  • Carlile Pollock Patterson, Daniel Patterson's son
  • Angie Pollock, Musical Artist
  • Emma Pollock, Singer-songwriter
  • Ida Pollock, Writer
  • In 2013, Denene Pollock characterized the role of Maggiett22342209nm5133605actressNRosie in drama flick Death of a Star.
  • Josh Pollock, from 2009 comedy and drama movie SF Stories, who characterized Brad.
  • In 2012, M. Jordon Pollock characterized the role of Killz in action and comedy movie Wounded.

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