Potham Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

England

Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Berkshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 22
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 1
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 1
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 6
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 4

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Potham Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Potham family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 4
Female Servant 3
Blacksmith 1
Blacksmith Apprentice 1
Tailor 1
Farmer 1
Worsted Weaver 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Potham

Name Census Frequency
Henry Potham 20
Mary Potham 18
John Potham 17
Thomas Potham 17
William Potham 13
Elizabeth Potham 11
George Potham 11
Robert Potham 10
Ann Potham 7
Jane Potham 6
Samuel Potham 6
Emily Potham 5
Frederick Potham 5
Edward Potham 4
Edwin Potham 4
Emma Potham 4
Sarah Potham 4
Alice Potham 3
Edith Potham 3
Florence Potham 3
James Potham 3
Richard Potham 3
Alfred Potham 2
Annie Potham 2
Eliza Potham 2

Potham Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pitham 83% 256
2 Potham 100% 220
3 Petham 83% 129
4 Patham 83% 102

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The surname Potham is the 2nd most popular variant of Pitham.

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