Pollard Surname
Approximately 83,046 people bear this surname
Pollard Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'pollard,' one who had his hair cropped short, from poll, the head, and suffix -ard, Hence a pollard tree, a tree lopped at the top; compare Ballard.
John Polhard, Close Rolls, 56 Henry III.
Read More About This SurnamePollard Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 45,154 | 1:8,027 | 949 |
| England | 17,332 | 1:3,215 | 426 |
| Australia | 8,718 | 1:3,097 | 430 |
| Canada | 5,180 | 1:7,113 | 1,051 |
| New Zealand | 1,064 | 1:4,256 | 662 |
| Ireland | 767 | 1:6,139 | 944 |
| South Africa | 659 | 1:82,212 | 10,155 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 556 | 1:2,453 | 420 |
| Guyana | 504 | 1:1,512 | 264 |
| Wales | 502 | 1:6,164 | 693 |
| Scotland | 392 | 1:13,658 | 1,768 |
| Belize | 290 | 1:1,226 | 285 |
| Barbados | 264 | 1:1,089 | 258 |
| France | 252 | 1:263,582 | 40,616 |
| Northern Ireland | 143 | 1:12,902 | 1,865 |
| Thailand | 91 | 1:776,246 | 126,162 |
| Netherlands | 80 | 1:211,090 | 28,733 |
| Suriname | 70 | 1:7,895 | 1,936 |
| Belgium | 64 | 1:179,635 | 24,162 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 62 | 1:1,817 | 366 |
| Germany | 58 | 1:1,388,025 | 86,120 |
| Spain | 54 | 1:865,778 | 34,484 |
| Japan | 53 | 1:2,412,156 | 30,150 |
| Jamaica | 49 | 1:58,570 | 3,174 |
| Singapore | 47 | 1:117,185 | 4,783 |
| Argentina | 43 | 1:994,033 | 62,207 |
| Philippines | 37 | 1:2,736,168 | 135,784 |
| Israel | 30 | 1:285,254 | 25,178 |
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| Zimbabwe | 28 | 1:551,366 | 43,741 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 26 | 1:3,814 | 525 |
| Qatar | 25 | 1:94,320 | 10,875 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Chile | 22 | 1:800,749 | 17,445 |
| Norway | 22 | 1:233,740 | 25,571 |
| Cyprus | 21 | 1:42,137 | 4,231 |
| Isle of Man | 21 | 1:4,087 | 875 |
| Panama | 19 | 1:205,908 | 5,804 |
| China | 16 | 1:85,457,598 | 4,750 |
| Italy | 15 | 1:4,077,113 | 105,022 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| India | 14 | 1:54,790,384 | 527,769 |
| Bermuda | 12 | 1:5,440 | 820 |
| Sweden | 12 | 1:820,563 | 61,223 |
| Saint Lucia | 11 | 1:16,253 | 1,328 |
| Hong Kong | 10 | 1:733,548 | 3,685 |
| Jersey | 10 | 1:9,920 | 2,003 |
| Liberia | 9 | 1:489,837 | 23,279 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Denmark | 8 | 1:705,589 | 39,626 |
| Falkland Islands | 8 | 1:392 | 68 |
| Puerto Rico | 8 | 1:443,767 | 3,219 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 8 | 1:13,797 | 1,930 |
| Peru | 7 | 1:4,540,589 | 34,489 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Cayman Islands | 6 | 1:10,649 | 1,253 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Montserrat | 6 | 1:824 | 139 |
| Venezuela | 6 | 1:5,034,013 | 43,431 |
| Solomon Islands | 5 | 1:116,006 | 19,381 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Iraq | 4 | 1:8,755,414 | 23,373 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Norfolk Island | 3 | 1:765 | 177 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Ghana | 2 | 1:13,510,346 | 23,679 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 | 1:34,329 | 862 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 432 | 1:10,254 | 1,476 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9,847 | 1:2,475 | 349 |
| Wales | 82 | 1:19,127 | 1,113 |
| Scotland | 65 | 1:57,588 | 3,712 |
| Isle of Man | 10 | 1:5,427 | 530 |
| Guernsey | 7 | 1:4,665 | 827 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8,526 | 1:5,890 | 736 |
Pollard (294) may also be a first name.
Pollard Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a nickname. 'pollard,' one who had his hair cropped short, from poll, the head, and suffix -ard, Hence a pollard tree, a tree lopped at the top; compare Ballard.
John Polhard, Close Rolls, 56 Henry III.
William Polard, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Stephen fil. Pollard, Kent, ibid.
In this last case the father is simply called by his nickname, not his personal name.
Henry Pollard, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.
1548. Ellis Pollard and Johanna Chapman: Marriage Lic (London).
1717. Baptised — Elizabeth, d. Edward Pollard: St. Dionis Backchurch.
William Pollard witnessed a charter by Adam de Lamberton of the third part of Lamberton, c. 1190-1200 (BNCH., XVI, p. 332; Home, 224). James Pollart was infeft in the lands of Costoun in the barony of Torphichen, 1549 (Laing, 554).
(Anglo-French-Latin + Teutonic) the French Polard, Pollard; Pol(l)- for Paul (q.v.) + the French diminutive -ard, Teutonic hard, hard, brave] (Teutonic) One with a Close-Cropped Head [M.E pol(l)ard, from pol(l), to clip the hair; pol, poll, the head: cp. Low German polle] William Polard.—Hundred Rolls Henry Pollard.—Parl. Writs.
This family came to Ireland in the sixteenth century and settled in Co. Westmeath at the place now called Castlepollard. IF 18*
(English) Dweller at, or near, the head or end of the pool; descendant of little Paul (small); one who had his hair cropped short.
This name, which occurs in the H.R. as Polard, as well as in its present orthography, is probably local. Tonkin says, that the barton of Trelleigh in Redruth, co. Cornwall, was "the seat of that most ancient family of Pollard, from whence all the others of that name were descended." D. Gilbert's Cornwall, iii. 383. Whether this broad assertion would bear the test of genealogical investigation, I know not; certain it is, that the name is very widely spread, not alone in the West, but also in the East and North of England. In the county of Durham the owners of it acquired the family characteristic of the POLITIC POLLARDS.
in H. R. POLARD. From pol-ard, the high top or head.
A tree having its fop cut off; a fish; Poularde, French, a fat chicken; Pol, Dutch, a loose or lewd man, and ard, disposition. Poule—ard, chicken—hearted.
Robert, Roger, Geoffry Polard, Normandy 1180-95 (Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae), Godfrey and Robert P. 1198 (Ib.); Bernard, Godard, Richard, Robert, Walter Pollard, Eng. c. 1198 (Rotuli Curiae Regis).
From the Flemish, Pollaert; from the French, Pollard; personal name See Paull. Gaufrid Pollard on Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus, King John
Pollard is a name established in different parts of England. It has been in Cambridgeshire for several centuries, and was numerous in the county in the reign of Edward I., when there were also a few of the name in Lincolnshire, Kent, and Essex (H. R.).
Pollard Demographics
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Pollard Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pollard Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Pollard (Arabic: بولارد, Marathi: पोलाडर्, Russian: Поллард) occurs in The United States more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Pollard? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 6,812th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 87,753 people. The surname Pollard occurs mostly in The Americas, where 63 percent of Pollard reside; 61 percent reside in North America and 60 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Pollard is also the 514,566th most numerous given name at a global level. It is borne by 294 people.
The last name is most common in The United States, where it is held by 45,154 people, or 1 in 8,027. In The United States Pollard is most common in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, California, where 8 percent are found and Virginia, where 6 percent are found. Aside from The United States Pollard occurs in 110 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent are found and Australia, where 10 percent are found.
Pollard Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Pollard has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Pollard last name increased 530 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 176 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it increased 178 percent between 1901 and 2014; in Wales it increased 612 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it increased 603 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pollard Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (74%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Pollard last name are 10.03% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.8% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Pollard earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 244.36% more than the national average, earning 1,191,750 kr per year; in Peru they earn 30.2% more than the national average, earning S/. 25,240 per year; in South Africa they earn 96.98% more than the national average, earning R 468,108 per year; in United States they earn 4.47% less than the national average, earning $41,219 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.74% more than the national average, earning $51,046 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Pollard Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pollard in the Marathi language | ||
| पोलाडर् | poladar | - |
| Pollard in the Russian language | ||
| Поллард | pollard | - |
| Pollard in the Arabic language | ||
| بولارد | bwlard | - |
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