Polland Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Polland? Think of it as Poland with a different pen. Taken at its root, Polland points to “A dweller at the homestead on which there was a pool”.

• Polland adds “l” to Poland, a small change that crept in as the name was written down.
• Other spellings include Polan.
• Polland ranked 58,735 in the 2010 US Census, with 345 people answering to the name. That puts it among the top 100,000 US surnames.

Heraldry and the Polland name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Polland, so the heraldry linked to Poland is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Polland report, with a museum-style coat of arms.