Stackpole

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Stackpoole, Stacpoole

Etymology

Apparently from Old Norse stakkr (“stack”) + pollr (“pool”).

Proper noun

Stackpole (countable and uncountable, plural Stackpoles)

1. A village in Stackpole and Castlemartin community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SR9896).
2. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stackpole is the 20248^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1314 individuals. Stackpole is most common among White (95.28%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stackpole”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.