The Pohlman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,945 people carried this name — #8,389 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,949).

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In the Nordic population registers

46 people named Pohlman is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 46

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

Pohlman in American newspapers,
1878–1911.

Newspaper page from The New Orleans Daily Democrat carrying the name Pohlman
The New Orleans Daily Democrat 1878-11-07
Newspaper page from The Wallace Miner carrying the name Pohlman
The Wallace Miner 1911-05-25
Newspaper page from The Wallace Miner carrying the name Pohlman
The Wallace Miner 1910-12-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,784 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Pohlman in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

6,889 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pohlman. The most, 1,282, date from the 1860s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Queensland, at 2.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 3,443
Queensland 2,982
New South Wales 286
South Australia 96
Tasmania 77
Western Australia 4
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Pohlman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert Pohlman
    Robert Pohlman 1811–1877 · judge
  • C. H. Pohlman 1799–1849 · botanical collector
  • Julius Pohlman 1848–1910 · naturalist
  • Hartwig Pohlman 1898– · military personnel
  • Reimar Pohlman 1907–1978 · physicist
  • Max Edward Pohlman 1911– · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named Pohlman,
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 States406 records

406 records of the Pohlman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 123
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 100
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 82
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 47
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 33
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 17
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harvey W. Pohlman

    Born 1911 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1942 at Milwaukee; farm hand from Waupaca County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Lake View Memorial Park, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

    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 Catrine Pohlman

    Arrived at New Orleans in 1860 aboard the Goeschen from Bremen, aged 26; servant. From Prussia, Germany; bound for Missouri.

    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 John Howard Pohlman

    Born 1944; from North Edwards, California. U.S. Army, utility/observation helicopter pilot; killed in action 1970 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 406 records for Pohlman in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (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) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Netherlands632 records

632 records of the Pohlman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 314
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 312
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 6
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Martinus Pohlman

    Married in 1830 in Almelo; tailor. Died 1869 in Almelo, aged 65.

    Open Archives, Collectie Overijssel locatie Zwolle (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Johan Coert Henrich Pohlman

    Married in 1813 in Bloemendaal; gardener. Died 1861 in Bloemendaal, aged 79.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Adrianus Pohlman

    Born 1833 in Helmond. Died 1836 in Helmond.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 632 records for Pohlman in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (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).

Australia55 records

55 records of the Pohlman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 31
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 10
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 10
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Joseph Pohlman

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Flying Squirrel in 1844.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Robert W. Pohlman

    County court judge of Melbourne, Victoria; died 1877.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Caroline Pohlman

    Sailed from Victoria in 1863 aboard the City of Melbourne I, bound for Sydney, aged 5.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 55 records for Pohlman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Pohlman name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Catharine Pohlman

    Died 1893 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Christian Pohlman

    Died 1946 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Pohlman 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 Heinrich Pohlman

    From Emlichheim, Bentheim. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 29 May 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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