Pohl Family History
- Pohl Name Meaning
- topographic name from Middle Low German pol ‘(muddy) pool’ (Low German Pohl). (Pöhl): habitational name for someone from the island of Poel, near Wismar. Variant of Paul. Eastern German, Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): ethnic name for a Polish speaker or someone with some other connection with Poland, from German Pole, Dutch Pool ‘Pole’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 329,497 Historical Documents with Pohl on Ancestry
- 215,244 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 29,893 Census and Voter Lists
- 22,464 Military Records
- 12,700 Immigration Records
- 49,196 Member Trees
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Number of Pohl families
 38 - 73  13 - 37 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Pohl census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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