Surname Checker / Polk
How Common Is the Last Name Polk?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Polk today
29,999
Ranked #1,296 of 162,254 published surnames · 9.19 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 27,094 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
45.48%
Black
47.96%
Asian / Pacific Islander
0.66%
Hispanic
2.35%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.