Potkin Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Hunts and Rutland 0
Middlesex 1
Norfolk 4
Suffolk 16
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Buckinghamshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cambridgeshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Cheshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 0
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Northumberland 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Shropshire 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

Potkin Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Potkin family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 7
Female Servant 2
Servant 1
Ag Labourer 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Potkin

Name Census Frequency
James Potkin 29
Charles Potkin 24
Edward Potkin 13
George Potkin 13
Ann Potkin 12
Mary Potkin 12
William Potkin 12
Thomas Potkin 10
Elizabeth Potkin 8
John Potkin 8
Arthur Potkin 7
Eliza Potkin 7
Harriet Potkin 7
Henry Potkin 7
Maria Potkin 7
Alice Potkin 6
Alfred Potkin 5
Harry Potkin 5
Sarah Potkin 5
Abraham Potkin 4
Charlotte Potkin 4
Margaret Potkin 4
Richard Potkin 4
Harrieta Potkin 3
Harriett Potkin 3

Potkin Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pitkin 83% 1,752
2 Potkin 100% 292

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The surname Potkin is the 2nd most popular variant of Pitkin.

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