The Pohl surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,485 people carried this name — #5,369 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,406 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
1,154 people named Pohl have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 1,497 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 15 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Greater Poland.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 453 people named Pohl live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
388 people named Pohl live in Switzerland.
They live in 18 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 174 people named Pohl.
69 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 24 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the Nordic population registers
289 people named Pohl is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Pohl in American newspapers,
1900–1951.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,882 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Pohl,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl 1782–1834 · naturalist -
Richard Pohl 1826–1896 · writer -
Hugo von Pohl 1855–1916 · Marineoffizier -
Eldor Pohl 1857–1935 · politician -
Eduard Pohl 1870–1929 · businessperson
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 154 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pohl.
- Podvin 290 · U.S. census
- Poet 369 · U.S. census
- Poggi 964 · U.S. census
- Poggio 352 · U.S. census
- Poggioli 266 · U.S. census
- Pogoda 254 · U.S. census
- Poineau 104 · U.S. census
- Point 592 · U.S. census
- Pointe 110 · U.S. census
- Poire 226 · U.S. census
- Poirier 9,453 · U.S. census
- Poirot 402 · U.S. census
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