Poile (surname)

Poile is an English surname of several possible origins.

Origins
There are numerous claims as to the origins of the Poile surname, known as location and occupational origins.

Apulia, Italy
Ethnic name from the Middle English Poille, Poyle, Apuelle, which are representations of Apulia, Italy, and denote someone from there; Pulleis denotes 'man of Apulia', or 'Pulley'. Thus Poile is considered in this instance a variant of Pulley.

Poyle, England
A locational surname from a place called Poyle, Surrey, a small town near to Heathrow airport. The place name is derived from the Middle English 'pol', meaning pool, pond, deep place in a river. For the place in England, see Poyle, England.

Occupational name
Poil is French for hair or bristle, which leads to the suggestion the surname is derived from a trade, perhaps the making of brushes.

A large proportion of individuals with the Poile surname resided in Kent and Sussex at the time of the 1881 census, and it has been suggested that the name originated from France.

Primary locations
The Poile surname is primarily found in southern England.

Frequency
Current frequency in Great Britain is estimated at 155 individuals (at date of source publication), whereas in 1881 there were 129 individuals.

According to England and Wales census data, the number of individuals with the Poile surname were: 1841: 114 1881: 150 1921: 171

Notable people
Notable people with the Poile surname include:


 * Bud Poile (1924-2005), professional ice hockey player, coach, general manager, and league executive
 * David Poile (born 1949), the Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations and General Manager of the NHL's Nashville Predators
 * Don Poile (born 1932), retired professional ice hockey player who played 66 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings
 * Craig Poile, Canadian poet, who won the Archibald Lampman Award in 2010 for his collection True Concessions
 * Poile Sengupta, born in 1948 as Ambika Gopalakrishnan

Geography

 * Poil, a commune Nièvre department in central France.
 * La Poile Bay, natural bay in Newfoundland, Canada
 * La Poile, Newfoundland and Labrador, settlement on La Poile Bay
 * Burgeo-La Poile, provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
 * Poile Zedek Synagogue, historic synagogue at 145 Neilson Street in New Brunswick, New Jersey
 * Hampton Poyle, a village in the civil parish of Hampton Gay and Poyle, in the Cherwell district, Oxfordshire, England
 * Poyle Park, can be found as part of the village of Tongham, Surrey, England
 * Lios Poil, (anglicized as Lispole) is a Gaeltacht village in County Kerry, Ireland.
 * Poyle House, Seale, Surrey, named from the family of de la Poille, Puyle, Puilly, which held the manor from 1299.
 * Poyle, Stanwell, Middlesex, named from de l'Apulie.

Variants
Variants include Poyle, Poyl, and Poil, listed as variants of Pulley.