Polk Family Crest
The Scottish surname Polk, also found in Ireland, is an habitational name from a place in Glasgow, named from a diminutive of a British cognate of the Gaelic term poll meaning “pool, or pit.” The surname is also common in northeastern Ulster in Ireland where it was introduced by 17th Century Scottish settlers. The name is first recorded in the New World in 1672 when Robert Polk settled in Maryland after leaving Scotland. Today there are approximately 25,000 bearers of the name Polk living in the United States.
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