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pol Name Meaning and History

  1. Catalan and Occitan: from the personal name Pol, equivalent to Paul.
  2. Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by a grassy mound, from Middle Dutch pol ‘tussock’.
  3. German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Pohl.
  4. Polish: ethnic name or regional name meaning ‘Pole’ (see Polak).
  5. Polish: from a shortened or reduced form of any of several personal name containing the syllable -pol-, e.g. Polikarp, Hipolit, or Leopold.

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Distribution of pol Families in the US in 1920
Number of pol families
 8-13
 3-7
 1-2
 0
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Pol Genealogy Sandra Pastrana 3
Pol Jose Ivan Pol 11
Miguel Leon Pol delikid 0
Frank Lee Pol? Jen 1
Victor Pol CINNIMEE 0
Pol Irene 3
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van poll ancestry mvanpoll 0
Arthur Langley Poll - Born circa 1883 possibly in France or England - moved to New Zealand circa 1900 LitleElf 0
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