Pots 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 3
Cornwall 0
Cumberland 0
Derbyshire 0
Devon 0
Dorset 0
Durham 3
Essex 0
Gloucestershire 0
Hampshire 1
Herefordshire 0
Hertfordshire 0
Huntingdonshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Kent 2
Lancashire 10
Leicestershire 0
Lincolnshire 3
London 4
Middlesex 0
Northumberland 1
Norfolk 0
Northamptonshire 0
Nottinghamshire 0
Oxfordshire 0
Rutland 0
Shropshire 0
Suffolk 0
Somerset 0
Surrey 0
Sussex 0
Staffordshire 0
Warwickshire 1
Westmorland 0
Wiltshire 0
Worcestershire 0
Yorkshire 1

Wales

Anglesey 0
Brecknockshire 1
Cardiganshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0

Pots Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pots family

Profession Census Frequency
Bus Conducter 1
Cook Confectioner's Shop 1
Quay Carter 1
Railway Goods Porter 1
Governess School 1
Bricklayer's Foreman 1
Grocer Porter 1
Fish Hawker 1
General Labourer 1
Boilerman Steelmills 1
Mineral Water Factory 1
Gardener Domestic 1
Spun Silk Dresser 1
Towel Weaver 1
Coal Miner 1

Most Frequent Forenames for Pots

Name Census Frequency
William Pots 30
Mary Pots 26
Elizabeth Pots 22
John Pots 22
Thomas Pots 21
Ann Pots 15
Jane Pots 15
George Pots 14
Sarah Pots 14
Charles Pots 13
James Pots 11
Robert Pots 11
Hannah Pots 10
Joseph Pots 9
Ellen Pots 8
Emma Pots 7
Margaret Pots 7
Alfred Pots 5
Annie Pots 5
Henry Pots 5
Martha Pots 5
Alice Pots 4
Eliza Pots 4
Matthew Pots 4
Samuel Pots 4

Pots Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Potts 80% 64,750
2 Pates 60% 3,404
3 Peats 60% 634
4 Pets 75% 491
5 Pots 100% 409
6 Pits 75% 220
7 Peates 50% 167
8 Patis 60% 128

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The surname Pots is the 5th most popular variant of Potts.

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