Poole Surname
Approximately 120,940 people bear this surname
Poole Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the pool' (v. Pole), from residence thereby. This common name has English as well as at least one Welsh origin. A Welsh family took this name who lived next to the Pool at Powys Castle.
Read More About This SurnamePoole Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 72,198 | 1:5,020 | 558 |
| England | 25,752 | 1:2,164 | 263 |
| Australia | 7,681 | 1:3,515 | 497 |
| Canada | 6,050 | 1:6,090 | 883 |
| South Africa | 2,831 | 1:19,137 | 2,416 |
| Wales | 1,509 | 1:2,051 | 212 |
| New Zealand | 1,399 | 1:3,237 | 487 |
| Scotland | 734 | 1:7,294 | 1,111 |
| Ireland | 576 | 1:8,175 | 1,149 |
| Spain | 307 | 1:152,287 | 11,229 |
| Northern Ireland | 220 | 1:8,387 | 1,405 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Thailand | 146 | 1:483,824 | 84,756 |
| France | 125 | 1:531,382 | 73,029 |
| Guyana | 92 | 1:8,285 | 1,320 |
| Germany | 90 | 1:894,505 | 63,669 |
| Jamaica | 90 | 1:31,888 | 2,313 |
| Jersey | 88 | 1:1,127 | 149 |
| Liberia | 81 | 1:54,426 | 4,815 |
| Singapore | 81 | 1:67,996 | 2,745 |
| Switzerland | 60 | 1:136,882 | 13,375 |
| Guatemala | 55 | 1:292,412 | 4,441 |
| Japan | 54 | 1:2,367,487 | 29,899 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Sweden | 32 | 1:307,711 | 21,451 |
| Brazil | 27 | 1:7,928,679 | 178,836 |
| Norway | 26 | 1:197,780 | 22,769 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Argentina | 22 | 1:1,942,882 | 97,983 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Denmark | 19 | 1:297,090 | 21,940 |
| Isle of Man | 19 | 1:4,517 | 958 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Zimbabwe | 17 | 1:908,132 | 59,260 |
| Hong Kong | 15 | 1:489,032 | 3,321 |
| Mexico | 14 | 1:8,866,158 | 37,743 |
| Estonia | 12 | 1:110,150 | 19,471 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Italy | 9 | 1:6,795,188 | 113,457 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 9 | 1:12,264 | 1,665 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Finland | 8 | 1:687,088 | 36,047 |
| Chile | 7 | 1:2,516,639 | 33,195 |
| Falkland Islands | 7 | 1:447 | 88 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 6 | 1:16,528 | 1,436 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Czechia | 6 | 1:1,772,245 | 105,647 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 1:3,181,169 | 27,617 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Vanuatu | 4 | 1:65,819 | 1,151 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Egypt | 3 | 1:30,645,251 | 132,600 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Laos | 3 | 1:2,196,108 | 1,879 |
| Sudan | 3 | 1:12,503,398 | 14,123 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Vietnam | 3 | 1:30,882,018 | 4,101 |
| Angola | 2 | 1:13,494,607 | 11,780 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| British Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:15,797 | 839 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Malawi | 2 | 1:8,559,554 | 34,093 |
| Mozambique | 2 | 1:13,630,784 | 7,358 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 392 | 1:11,301 | 1,571 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12,345 | 1:1,975 | 272 |
| Wales | 479 | 1:3,274 | 222 |
| Scotland | 198 | 1:18,905 | 1,931 |
| Jersey | 19 | 1:2,731 | 446 |
| Guernsey | 17 | 1:1,921 | 330 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5,369 | 1:9,353 | 1,194 |
Poole (181) may also be a first name.
Poole Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'at the pool' (v. Pole), from residence thereby. This common name has English as well as at least one Welsh origin. A Welsh family took this name who lived next to the Pool at Powys Castle.
Walter atte Pulle, Close Rolls, 39 Henry III.
Walter de la Pulle, Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
Boniface atte Poule, Somerset, 1 Edward III: Kirby's Quest.
Stephen atte Poule, Somerset, 1 Edward III: ibid.
Philip atte Poule, Somerset, 1 Edward III:.
Johanna de Pulle, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
1595. Baptised — John, s. William Poole: St. James, Clerkenwell.
(English) Dweller by a Pool or Lake[Middle English pool(e, pol(e, Old English pól] Cp. Pole.
(English) Dweller near the deep place in a river or stream; one who came from Pool (pool), the name of several places in England.
See under Pole. The oldest family of this name, Poole of Poole, co. Chester, were lords of that estate from an early period. The name was variously written, in the XIV. century, Pull, Poole, and De la Poole.
Local. A small collection of water in a hollow place, supplied by a spring; a small lake. "John at the Pool,"became "John Pool."A town in Dorsetshire, England.
A frequent location name in Dorset, Yorkshire, etc. From from the Old Norse, Pollr; B. pwl; a pool.
Poole was the name of a prominent Gloucester citizen in the 15th century (R.).
Poole Demographics
Poole Religious Adherence
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Poole Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Poole Come From? nationality or country of origin
Poole (Hindi: पूले) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Poole click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Poole? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,662nd most frequently occurring last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 60,258 people. The surname Poole is primarily found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Poole live; 63 percent live in North America and 63 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 677,199th most frequent first name at a global level. It is borne by 181 people.
The surname Poole is most commonly used in The United States, where it is borne by 72,198 people, or 1 in 5,020. In The United States it is most common in: North Carolina, where 9 percent live, Georgia, where 8 percent live and Texas, where 7 percent live. Apart from The United States this surname exists in 114 countries. It also occurs in England, where 21 percent live and Australia, where 6 percent live.
Poole Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Poole has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 1,345 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 209 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it rose 315 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 371 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it rose 147 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Poole Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Anglican (44%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Poole surname are 13.79% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60.56% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Poole earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 357.06% more than the national average, earning 1,581,800 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 20.97% more than the national average, earning R 287,472 per year; in United States they earn 5.63% less than the national average, earning $40,720 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.1% more than the national average, earning $51,718 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Poole Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Poole in the Hindi language | ||
| पूले | pule | - |
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