Poller
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Frequency: (151)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German (Pöller; Bavaria, Austria): variant of Boller.
2. Dutch: from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch polen, peulen ‘to peel’, presumably an occupational name of some sort.
3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): unexplained.
GIVEN NAMES: Jewish 5%; German 4%. Shmuel (2), Sol; Armin.
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