Last Name POLLEY

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Meaning	A variant of Pawley. Also local, a variant of Pooley. Local: Of Pooley, i.e. the islet in the pool. Medieval English 'pol,' or 'pole,' a pool. The forms Plhey and Plhay suggest a different origin, i.e. the enclosed poo. But it is impossible to separate the two. They have become as surnames inextricably mixed. Local: From Poilley, in the province of Orleans, France, whence the family originally came.

Origin	English, French, Irish

Rank	6,415 (2000 US census)	6,258 (1990 US census)

Count	4,886 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

89.21%, or 4359 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
7.67%, or 375 total occurrences, as black,
0.45%, or 22 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.12%, or 6 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.39%, or 68 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.15%, or 56 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Shortest last names

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