How common is the last name Polk?

25,517 people in the United States have the last name Polk, about 1 in 11,714. It ranks #1,345 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

POLK

#1,345

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
25,517
About
1 in 11,714
This common or more
43.1%
Who bears it

Of the 25,517 people with the last name Polk, 46.7% reported their origin as Black, 43.8% as White and 4.7% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Polk

#1,342 Stinson · 25,595#1,344 Webber · 25,561#1,346 Mcginnis · 25,512#1,347 Cassidy · 25,508

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Polk, most common first.

#10,704 Polak · 2,852#37,403 Polka · 640#62,049 Polek · 349#70,545 Polke · 299#99,304 Pols · 195#105,671 Polz · 180

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