Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.
POLLOCK
There are approximately 11,075 people named Pollock in the UK. That makes it the 942nd most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 175 are named Pollock.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
Scotland
Language of origin
Gaelic
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
Celtic
Location or Geographical Feature
Related and similar surnames
PollokPolak
Pollick
Pollex
Pollack
Paluch
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Plock
Polloack
Pollocke
Polloc
Polllock
Pollocks
Pollocc
Pollocka
Polliock
Pollaock
Pollck
Polloce
Polalock
Poelock
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Poliock
Pllock
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Pollockdo
Pollockjr
The Pollock surname in historical dictionaries
An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857)
(origin: Local) Derived from the parish of Pollock, in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The name is from the Gaelic Pollag, "a little, pool, pit, or pond," a diminutive of pol, a pool. It is vulgarly pronounced Pock or Polk.
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
POLLOCK. Li Eng. Surnames, i. 169, I \entured to derive this name from Paul, of wliich it seemed to have been a dimiuutive. Its true derivation, however, appears to be from a place called Pollock in Eenfrewshire. The family were ' of that Ilk ' in the twelfth century.
Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.