The Polla surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 107 people carried this name — #152,628 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 2,500,000 people counted. That is down 7% from 115 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 250 people named Polla 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
101 people named Polla live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 52 people named Polla.
14 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 départements, most often Savoie.
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
152 people named Polla are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Polla,
with a public archive behind them.
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César Polla 1831–1891 · actor -
Bartolomeo Polla 1621–1691 · Catholic priest
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Antioco Polla 1815–1918 · writer
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William C. Polla 1876–1939 · composer
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Belo Polla 1917–2000 · archivist
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Gerardus Polla 1948– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Polla.
- Polin 783 · U.S. census
- Polit 384 · U.S. census
- Politano 704 · U.S. census
- Politi 685 · U.S. census
- Polito 4,032 · U.S. census
- Polizzi 2,441 · U.S. census
- Pollak 3,908 · U.S. census
- Pollard 35,749 · U.S. census
- Polle 132 · U.S. census
- Pollet 577 · U.S. census
- Polli 250 · U.S. census
- Pollin 216 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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