Polk.
A surname.
Meaning & usage
A surname.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Will County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri, named after the county.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Polk County, Nebraska.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Ashland County, Ohio.
A number of places in the United States: A borough in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
A number of places in the United States: A town in Washington County, Wisconsin, named after President James K. Polk.
A number of places in the United States: A number of townships, listed under Polk Township.
Where this word comes from
* As a Scottish surname, shortened from Pollock. * As a Upper Sorbian surname Półk, Pólk, probably shortened from a personal name based on Proto-Slavic *plъkъ (“army, crowd”), see Polka. * As an East German surname of Slavic origin, variant of Polke, itself from a Silesian form of Polish Bolesław.
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