Poulson
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Poulson is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: 'son of Pole or Poul', Middle English variants of Paul.
- GBUnited Kingdom
- USUnited States
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
'son of Pole or Poul', Middle English variants of Paul.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Poulson is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A surname originating as a patronymic.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Harry Poulsonb. 1881(1881-1945) 1946 Obituary
- Norris Poulsonb. 1895USAmerican politician (1895-1982)
- John Poulsonb. 1910GBBritish architectural designer
- Clarise Nampijinpa Poulsonb. 1957AUWarlpiri artist (born 1957)
- Ivy Napangardi Poulsonb. 1959AUAustralian painter (born 1959)
- Mike Poulsonb. 1965USAmerican bicycle motocross rider
- Jaime Poulsonb. 1989PTPortuguese footballer
- John Kb. 1990USnot in their usual nameAmerican singer
- Marie PoulsonUSAmerican politician
- Simon R. PoulsonUSgeochemist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 7 countries.
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Poulson mean, and where does it come from?
- 'son of Pole or Poul', Middle English variants of Paul. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Poulson have the most bearers?
- Poulson is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Poulson”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.