Pole Surname
Approximately 37,956 people bear this surname
Pole Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the pool,' from residence beside a pond or small lake; v. Pool. In some cases the parent of this name is Poole, a seaport in Dorset The etymology is the same.
Hugh de la Pole, Cambridgeshire, 1273.
Read More About This SurnamePole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 17,666 | 1:43,420 | 3,031 |
| South Sudan | 4,227 | 1:2,701 | 529 |
| Tanzania | 2,422 | 1:21,859 | 2,716 |
| Kenya | 1,538 | 1:30,026 | 3,299 |
| England | 1,317 | 1:42,307 | 5,412 |
| Indonesia | 1,179 | 1:112,171 | 11,439 |
| Latvia | 1,159 | 1:1,769 | 183 |
| United States | 1,089 | 1:332,836 | 30,117 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1,032 | 1:7,901 | 593 |
| Philippines | 905 | 1:111,865 | 19,341 |
| South Africa | 838 | 1:64,651 | 8,126 |
| Bangladesh | 631 | 1:252,546 | 7,887 |
| DR Congo | 547 | 1:135,063 | 14,394 |
| Australia | 529 | 1:51,032 | 6,337 |
| Zambia | 410 | 1:38,658 | 3,856 |
| Ivory Coast | 264 | 1:87,391 | 4,660 |
| Canada | 245 | 1:150,390 | 15,330 |
| New Zealand | 235 | 1:19,269 | 3,387 |
| Nigeria | 195 | 1:908,424 | 39,344 |
| Russia | 180 | 1:800,684 | 65,710 |
| Albania | 143 | 1:20,378 | 3,508 |
| Botswana | 138 | 1:15,847 | 3,103 |
| Wales | 132 | 1:23,443 | 2,472 |
| Scotland | 99 | 1:54,079 | 4,572 |
| Iran | 95 | 1:808,237 | 40,284 |
| France | 51 | 1:1,302,406 | 132,002 |
| Brazil | 45 | 1:4,757,207 | 124,005 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 37 | 1:95,578 | 8,376 |
| Greece | 37 | 1:299,454 | 43,754 |
| Croatia | 36 | 1:117,461 | 17,621 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| Estonia | 35 | 1:37,766 | 7,217 |
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| Poland | 27 | 1:1,407,731 | 83,680 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Zimbabwe | 20 | 1:771,912 | 53,776 |
| Liberia | 19 | 1:232,028 | 14,625 |
| Serbia | 19 | 1:376,050 | 17,192 |
| Argentina | 18 | 1:2,374,634 | 110,716 |
| Colombia | 17 | 1:2,810,240 | 14,126 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Ukraine | 13 | 1:3,501,746 | 189,921 |
| Italy | 12 | 1:5,096,391 | 108,968 |
| Solomon Islands | 11 | 1:52,730 | 10,588 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 11 | 1:10,034 | 1,440 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 9 | 1:11,019 | 1,084 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8 | 1:6,900 | 616 |
| Switzerland | 8 | 1:1,026,614 | 63,315 |
| Turkey | 8 | 1:9,727,678 | 134,647 |
| Guyana | 7 | 1:108,889 | 7,175 |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 1:2,526,071 | 102,287 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Belarus | 5 | 1:1,900,212 | 97,012 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nauru | 1 | 1:11,879 | 452 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Tonga | 1 | 1:107,313 | 791 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 17 | 1:260,580 | 11,064 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 572 | 1:42,614 | 5,366 |
| Scotland | 125 | 1:29,946 | 2,568 |
| Wales | 18 | 1:87,134 | 3,963 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 248 | 1:202,495 | 17,559 |
The alternate forms: Polé (14) & Pôle (10) are calculated separately.
Pole (8,541) may also be a first name.
Pole Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the pool,' from residence beside a pond or small lake; v. Pool. In some cases the parent of this name is Poole, a seaport in Dorset The etymology is the same.
Hugh de la Pole, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Peter de la Pole. Oxfordshire, ibid.
Anthony de la Pole, Devon, Henry III-Edward I: Testa de Nevill, sive Liber Feodorum, temp. Henry III-Edward I.
Griffin de la Pole, Salop, 20 Edward I: Placita de Quo Warranto, temp. Edward I-III.
Richard de la Pole, Derbyshire, ibid.
John atte Pole, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Robert atte Pole, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
Francis Pole, or Poole, Devon, 1600-10: Register of the University of Oxford.
David Pole, or Poole, Bishop of Peterborough, 1557: ibid.
1730. Married — John Marshall and Jane Pole: St. James, Clerkenwell.
A Shedand surname, probably a form of Paul, which see. Patrick Pole in Berwick, Shetland, was a witness in 1624 (OSS., I, 89), compare Polson.
(English) Dweller at a Pool [Old English pól] Peter de la Pole.—Hund. Rolls, A.D. 1274.
John atte Pole.—Chesh. Ckmbrlns.’ Accts., A.D. 1347-8.
The pole of helle to my witnesse.—Chaucer, Rom. of the Rose, 5966.
The Poles of Shute, co. Devon, baronets from 1628, claim descent from the Cheshire family of Pole, or Poole, of Poole Hall, and bear the same arms. The first settler in Devon was Arthur Pole, who temp. Richard H. married a namesake, the heiress of Pole of Honiton.
Roger de Pola, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae). This Roger de Poles is mentioned in Devon 1189 (Rot. Pip.).
Pole Demographics
Average Male Pole Height
176.72 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Pole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pole Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pole (Hindi: पोले, Marathi: पोले, Oriya: େପାେଲ, Russian: Поле) is more commonly found in India than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Polé or Pôle. Click here to see other possible spellings of Pole.
How Common Is The Last Name Pole? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 14,673rd most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 192,000 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 54 percent of Pole reside; 48 percent reside in South Asia and 46 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 68,118th most frequently held forename world-wide, held by 8,541 people.
The last name is most prevalent in India, where it is borne by 17,666 people, or 1 in 43,420. In India Pole is most common in: Maharashtra, where 70 percent live, Telangana, where 23 percent live and Andhra Pradesh, where 3 percent live. Not including India this surname exists in 110 countries. It is also common in South Sudan, where 11 percent live and Tanzania, where 6 percent live.
Pole Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Pole has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Pole surname grew 230 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it grew 439 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Wales it grew 733 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it contracted 21 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 94 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Pole Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Pole last name is chiefly Catholic (76%) in Ireland, Orthodox (73%) in Russia and Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Pole surname are 13.13% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.9% registered with the political party.
The amount Pole earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 27.11% less than the national average, earning R 173,220 per year; in Colombia they earn 5.19% less than the national average, earning $21,523,100 COP per year; in United States they earn 1.92% more than the national average, earning $43,976 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.57% more than the national average, earning $53,446 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pole Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pole in the Hindi language | ||
| पोले | pole | - |
| Pole in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାେଲ | epaela | - |
| Pole in the Marathi language | ||
| पोले | pole | 94.08 |
| पोळे | pole | 4.39 |
| पोळ | pola | 1.01 |
| पोल | pola | 0.34 |
| फोळे | phole | 0.06 |
| पॉळ | pola | 0.03 |
| पॉले | pole | 0.02 |
| पोलेे | polee | 0.02 |
| फोले | phole | 0.01 |
| पॉल | pola | 0.01 |
| पॊळे | pole | 0.01 |
| ़पोले | pole | 0.01 |
| Pole in the Russian language | ||
| Поле | pole | - |
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