The Polo surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,598 people carried this name — #9,084 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,000 people counted. That is up 29% from 2,790 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 4,821 people named Polo 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 450 people named Polo.
180 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 46 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
149 people named Polo live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Polo.
- Pollet 577 · U.S. census
- Polli 250 · U.S. census
- Pollin 216 · U.S. census
- Pollina 710 · U.S. census
- Pollion 121 · U.S. census
- Polly 2,617 · U.S. census
- Poloni 164 · U.S. census
- Polsinelli 421 · U.S. census
- Polus 600 · U.S. census
- Poly 134 · U.S. census
- Polycarpe 326 · U.S. census
- Polynice 666 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Polo is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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