The Pogue surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,493 people carried this name — #4,734 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,288 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Pogue surname

Variant of the surname Pollock influenced by Irish póg (“kiss”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pogue» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Pogue in American newspapers,
1905–1916.

Newspaper page from Palestine Daily Herald carrying the name Pogue
Palestine Daily Herald 1909-07-31
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Pogue
The Montgomery Advertiser 1916-09-30
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Pogue
The Birmingham Age-herald 1905-10-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,283 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Pogue in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.

1,773 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pogue. The most, 366, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,334
Tasmania 250
New South Wales 100
Western Australia 44
South Australia 27
Queensland 16
ACT (Canberra) 2

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pogue.

Who carried it

People named Pogue,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joseph Ezekiel Pogue Sr.
    Joseph Ezekiel Pogue Sr. 1851–1926 · tobacco manufacturer
  • William R. Pogue
    William R. Pogue 1930–2014 · astronaut
  • Americus L. Pogue 1831–1906
  • Nellie Jessie Pogue 1874–1962
  • Anna Holm Pogue 1880–1973 · poet
  • Joseph E. Pogue 1887–1971 · economist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Pogue,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States465 records

465 records of the Pogue name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 265
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 97
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 30
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 27
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 21
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clyde L. Pogue

    Born 1916 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; driver from Roane County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1973, buried at Roane Memorial Gardens, Rockwood, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Pogue

    Arrived at Philadelphia in 1850 aboard the Clara Wheeler from Liverpool, aged 22; servant. From Ireland; bound for Philadelphia.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Joseph Donald Pogue

    Born 1951; from Oxnard, California. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died of wounds 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 465 records for Pogue in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia63 records

63 records of the Pogue name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 33
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 21
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 9
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Andrew George Pogue

    Married 1867 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 29. Died 1887 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 49.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mabel Ethel Stansfie Pogue

    Born 1869 in Hobart, Tasmania. Died 1929 in Tasmania, aged 59.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Daisy Vera Pogue

    Gentlewoman of Shepparton, Victoria; died 1981.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 63 records for Pogue in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada10 records

10 records of the Pogue name in Canada
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 4
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Grant Pogue

    Buried in 1982 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 86.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Robert H. Pogue

    Died 1944, aged 67; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record David James Pogue

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 10 records for Pogue in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France2 records

2 records of the Pogue name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Bernard Pogue

    Born 1911 in Gotein-Libarrenx (Pyrénées-Atlantiques); died 1986 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Maurice Pogue

    Born 1900 in Paris; died 1973 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Pogue name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Josef Pogue

    From Baddenberg, Kreis Aachen. Reported wounded in one of the first Prussian casualty lists of 1914 (Infantry Regiment No. 99).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Martin Pogue

    From Kohlscheid, Aachen. Reported missing in the Prussian casualty list of 30 January 1918.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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