Potkins 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 1
Dorset 0
Durham 0
Essex 3
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 2
Hertfordshire 8
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 0
Lancashire 0
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 0
London 0
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 0
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 1
Suffolk 26
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 0
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 0

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

Potkins Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Potkins family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 9
Scholar 7
House Servant 3
Plaiter 2
Labourer 2
Ag Labourer 1
Farm Labourer 1
Farm Labourer's Wife 1
House Keeper 1
Stay Binder 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Potkins

Name Census Frequency
James Potkins 40
William Potkins 37
Mary Potkins 31
George Potkins 23
Jane Potkins 16
Elizabeth Potkins 14
Sarah Potkins 14
Charles Potkins 13
Frederick Potkins 13
Arthur Potkins 11
Edward Potkins 11
Eliza Potkins 11
Robert Potkins 11
Emma Potkins 10
Florence Potkins 10
John Potkins 10
Alice Potkins 9
Harry Potkins 9
Isaac Potkins 9
Louisa Potkins 9
Ann Potkins 8
Clara Potkins 8
Ellen Potkins 8
Emily Potkins 8
Fanny Potkins 8

Potkins Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Potkins 100% 590
2 Pitkins 86% 122

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The surname Potkins is the most popular version of all its varients

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