Pott Name Origin, Meaning and Family History

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Surname Distribution

Census frequency by county

Name Concentrations Within England and Wales

Buckinghamshire 1
Cambridgeshire 7
Cheshire 310
Cornwall 5
Cumberland 12
Derbyshire 90
Devon 8
Dorset 1
Durham 10
Essex 4
Gloucestershire 1
Hampshire 1
Hertfordshire 2
Hunts and Rutland 0
Kent 123
Lancashire 53
Lincolnshire 1
London 110
Middlesex 18
Northumberland 27
Norfolk 1
Northamptonshire 8
Nottinghamshire 3
Oxfordshire 2
Shropshire 19
Suffolk 6
Somerset 3
Surrey 10
Sussex 1
Staffordshire 128
Warwickshire 9
Wiltshire 11
Worcestershire 4
Yorkshire 23
Anglesey 0
Bedfordshire 0
Brecknockshire 0
Berkshire 0
Carnarvonshire 0
Cardiganshire 0
Channel Islands 0
Carmarthenshire 0
Denbighshire 0
Flintshire 0
Glamorgan 0
Herefordshire 0
Isle of Man 0
Leicestershire 0
Merionethshire 0
Montgomeryshire 0
Monmouthshire 0
Pembrokeshire 0
Radnorshire 0
Westmorland 0

Pott Surname Statistics


Top Professions for the Pott family

Profession Census Frequency
Agricultural Labourer 50
Female Servant 50
Labourer 24
Independent 23
Male Servant 21
Farmer 17
Cotton Weaver 13
Collier 12
Weaver 11
Shoe Maker 7
Silk Weaver 7
Cotton Spinner 6
Dress Maker 6
Hatter 4
Servant 4
Stone Mason 4
Tailor 4
Carpenter 4
Engineer 4
Brick Layer 3
Cotton Card Room Hand 3
Silk Throwing Female Servant 3
Winder 3
Joiner 3
Brick Maker 3

Most Frequent Forenames for Pott

Name Census Frequency
William Pott 503
Mary Pott 493
John Pott 427
Elizabeth Pott 372
Sarah Pott 297
Thomas Pott 287
George Pott 284
James Pott 248
Ann Pott 213
Jane Pott 141
Samuel Pott 139
Charles Pott 126
Henry Pott 123
Hannah Pott 120
Eliza Pott 118
Martha Pott 114
Joseph Pott 100
Frederick Pott 97
Ellen Pott 96
Emma Pott 96
Robert Pott 84
Edward Pott 80
Alfred Pott 79
Arthur Pott 78
Richard Pott 68

Pott Surname Variants Ranking

Rank Surname Match Census Frequency
1 Pitt 75% 42,647
2 Pett 75% 8,210
3 Pott 100% 7,407
4 Putt 75% 5,157
5 Patt 75% 1,229
6 Petit 60% 1,212
7 Potto 80% 956
8 Pattie 50% 861
9 Peatt 60% 623
10 Potte 80% 255
11 Pitto 60% 204
12 Piatt 60% 167
13 Pettie 50% 149
14 Poett 80% 136
15 Peattie 43% 132
16 Poot 75% 124
17 Pottie 67% 109

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The surname Pott is the 3rd most popular variant of Pitt.

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