Pollock is a surname.
In some cases, it originates as a locative name derived from Upper Pollock, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
An early bearer of a form of this surname is Peter de Pollok, in about 1172–1178.
[1] In other cases, the surname is derived from the Middle English personal name *Pollok (Old English *Pulloc).
An early bearer of a form of this surname is Roger Pollok, in 1332.