Pot Surname
Approximately 16,485 people bear this surname
Pot Surname Definition:
(Dutch/Flemish), Pot. Nobles of Flanders, knighted 1421. Arms: Or, a pot with two ears and three legs sa. (variant: Honeypot.)
Pot Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 6,900 | 1:2,245 | 470 |
| Netherlands | 4,160 | 1:4,059 | 387 |
| France | 1,874 | 1:35,444 | 4,318 |
| India | 542 | 1:1,415,250 | 54,195 |
| Belgium | 538 | 1:21,369 | 3,307 |
| Papua New Guinea | 411 | 1:19,839 | 2,077 |
| United States | 307 | 1:1,180,648 | 84,333 |
| Switzerland | 169 | 1:48,597 | 6,505 |
| Mexico | 159 | 1:780,668 | 11,502 |
| Indonesia | 156 | 1:847,751 | 64,043 |
| Argentina | 154 | 1:277,555 | 22,327 |
| Canada | 124 | 1:297,142 | 27,584 |
| Belize | 89 | 1:3,994 | 752 |
| United Arab Emirates | 68 | 1:134,739 | 11,022 |
| Spain | 57 | 1:820,211 | 33,492 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| Pakistan | 56 | 1:3,190,069 | 25,212 |
| England | 52 | 1:1,071,501 | 51,923 |
| Germany | 52 | 1:1,548,182 | 92,602 |
| Thailand | 46 | 1:1,535,616 | 206,021 |
| Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
| Malaysia | 45 | 1:655,427 | 31,286 |
| Iran | 41 | 1:1,872,744 | 68,622 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Philippines | 28 | 1:3,615,651 | 151,287 |
| Brazil | 28 | 1:7,645,512 | 174,288 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| South Sudan | 25 | 1:456,603 | 797 |
| Venezuela | 25 | 1:1,208,163 | 17,203 |
| Chile | 24 | 1:734,020 | 16,565 |
| Serbia | 22 | 1:324,770 | 15,940 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| New Zealand | 10 | 1:452,832 | 31,784 |
| Turkey | 10 | 1:7,782,142 | 126,629 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Croatia | 2 | 1:2,114,302 | 85,143 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 1:5,021,868 | 210,693 |
The alternate forms: Pót (33) are calculated separately.
Pot (2,317) may also be a first name.
Pot Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Dutch/Flemish), Pot. Nobles of Flanders, knighted 1421. Arms: Or, a pot with two ears and three legs sa. (variant: Honeypot.)
Pot Demographics
Average Pot Salary in
United States
$37,767 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Pot Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Pot Come From? nationality or country of origin
Pot (Hindi: पोत, Marathi: पोट, Oriya: େପାତ) is found most in Cambodia. It may be rendered as: Pót. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Pot? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 32,308th most frequent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 442,071 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 48 percent of Pot live; 44 percent live in Southeast Asia and 42 percent live in Khmer-Asia. It is also the 154,656th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 2,317 people.
This last name is most frequent in Cambodia, where it is held by 6,900 people, or 1 in 2,245. In Cambodia it is primarily concentrated in: Phnom Penh, where 13 percent live, Siem Reap Province, where 10 percent live and Prey Veng Province, where 7 percent live. Barring Cambodia it is found in 85 countries. It also occurs in The Netherlands, where 25 percent live and France, where 11 percent live.
Pot Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Pot has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pot surname rose 3,070 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 1,733 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it rose 200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Pot Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Pot surname are 14.16% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 67.39% being registered with the political party.
The amount Pot earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 59.82% less than the national average, earning R 95,472 per year; in United States they earn 12.47% less than the national average, earning $37,767 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.77% more than the national average, earning $55,036 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pót | 89 | 33 | / |
| Post | 86 | 65,601 | / |
| Poot | 86 | 49,577 | / |
| Puot | 86 | 47,308 | / |
| Pote | 86 | 46,429 | / |
| Pott | 86 | 11,353 | / |
| Poth | 86 | 5,749 | / |
| Poet | 86 | 2,207 | / |
| Pots | 86 | 1,492 | / |
| Phot | 86 | 1,113 | / |
| Pout | 86 | 765 | / |
| Poit | 86 | 450 | / |
| Podt | 86 | 247 | / |
| Potì | 86 | 81 | / |
| Poht | 86 | 25 | / |
| Poët | 86 | 18 | / |
| Poyt | 86 | 1 | / |
| Pgot | 86 | 1 | / |
| Potp | 86 | 1 | / |
| Potd | 86 | 1 | / |
| Vpot | 86 | 1 | / |
| Hpot | 86 | 1 | / |
| Po | 80 | 34,866 | / |
| Potts | 75 | 78,366 | / |
| Poste | 75 | 1,341 | / |
| Poots | 75 | 1,042 | / |
| Pfost | 75 | 873 | / |
| Potte | 75 | 797 | / |
| Pouth | 75 | 688 | / |
| Poust | 75 | 683 | / |
| Pooth | 75 | 553 | / |
| Poist | 75 | 541 | / |
| Poths | 75 | 341 | / |
| Poite | 75 | 269 | / |
| Pothe | 75 | 268 | / |
| Poute | 75 | 250 | / |
| Poitz | 75 | 220 | / |
| Poost | 75 | 167 | / |
| Poett | 75 | 145 | / |
| Pootz | 75 | 141 | / |
| Poodt | 75 | 133 | / |
| Poszt | 75 | 91 | / |
| Pouts | 75 | 82 | / |
| Poote | 75 | 61 | / |
| Pohut | 75 | 46 | / |
| Phuot | 75 | 43 | / |
| Potch | 75 | 37 | / |
| Phoet | 75 | 37 | / |
| Poutz | 75 | 32 | / |
| Pohtz | 75 | 31 | / |
| Phote | 75 | 28 | / |
| Pohts | 75 | 22 | / |
| Postt | 75 | 18 | / |
| Pohst | 75 | 16 | / |
| Poits | 75 | 15 | / |
| Photh | 75 | 15 | / |
| Phout | 75 | 10 | / |
| Pfoth | 75 | 9 | / |
| Pouyt | 75 | 9 | / |
| Pottz | 75 | 8 | / |
| Poutt | 75 | 7 | / |
| Posht | 75 | 7 | / |
| Phoot | 75 | 7 | / |
| Pocht | 75 | 7 | / |
| Pfote | 75 | 6 | / |
| Ppote | 75 | 4 | / |
| Poith | 75 | 3 | / |
| Puotz | 75 | 3 | / |
| Poott | 75 | 3 | / |
| Posts | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pozte | 75 | 3 | / |
| Pfoht | 75 | 3 | / |
| Phost | 75 | 2 | / |
| Phott | 75 | 2 | / |
| Puoth | 75 | 2 | / |
| Podte | 75 | 1 | / |
| Poyth | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pfott | 75 | 1 | / |
| Poyte | 75 | 1 | / |
| Poitt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pohte | 75 | 1 | / |
| Poëth | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pouët | 75 | 1 | / |
| Potsh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Bpote | 75 | 1 | / |
| Pohjt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Vpoht | 75 | 1 | / |
| Poyst | 75 | 0 | / |
| Postz | 75 | 0 | / |
| Pfout | 75 | 0 | / |
| Bpoth | 75 | 0 | / |
| Pop | 67 | 252,709 | / |
| Pat | 67 | 46,356 | / |
| Pho | 67 | 36,087 | / |
| Poh | 67 | 23,632 | / |
| Put | 67 | 19,611 | / |
| Pou | 67 | 15,031 | / |
| Poo | 67 | 8,897 | / |
| Pod | 67 | 8,804 | / |
| Poy | 67 | 5,643 | / |
| Pos | 67 | 5,502 | / |
| Poi | 67 | 4,710 | / |
| Poz | 67 | 2,206 | / |
| Poa | 67 | 1,653 | / |
| Pfouts | 67 | 281 | / |
| Poš | 67 | 232 | / |
| Pouthe | 67 | 188 | / |
| Poß | 67 | 165 | / |
| Puo | 67 | 155 | / |
| Poş | 67 | 147 | / |
| Poitte | 67 | 142 | / |
| Poč | 67 | 130 | / |
| Ppo | 67 | 111 | / |
| Poj | 67 | 79 | / |
| Poutch | 67 | 75 | / |
| Potova | 67 | 71 | / |
| Pgo | 67 | 70 | / |
| Poç | 67 | 58 | / |
| Poodts | 67 | 46 | / |
| Pfo | 67 | 41 | / |
| Potová | 67 | 39 | / |
| Pouyte | 67 | 29 | / |
| Poshte | 67 | 25 | / |
| Pfotte | 67 | 25 | / |
| Phothe | 67 | 25 | / |
| Poï | 67 | 20 | / |
| Poists | 67 | 17 | / |
| Phoste | 67 | 12 | / |
| Pochte | 67 | 12 | / |
| Potowa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Poiteh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Poothe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Poî | 67 | 6 | / |
| Pottss | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hpo | 67 | 5 | / |
| Poëtte | 67 | 5 | / |
| Phoite | 67 | 5 | / |
| Poá | 67 | 4 | / |
| Vpo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Bpotts | 67 | 2 | / |
| Phoutz | 67 | 2 | / |
| Postte | 67 | 2 | / |
| Poutte | 67 | 2 | / |
| Posthe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poshth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poicht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pochdt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poutts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pfoute | 67 | 1 | / |
| Photgy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Photte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Poë | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phoote | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phooth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phoutt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pootth | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pootch | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pootts | 67 | 0 | / |
| Puotte | 67 | 0 | / |
| Photts | 67 | 0 | / |
| Phouts | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pfoust | 67 | 0 | / |
| Pfottz | 67 | 0 | / |
| Poustz | 67 | 0 | / |
Pot Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Pot in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାତ | epata | 91.7 |
| େପାଟ | epata | 4.35 |
| େପାତ୍ | epat | 3.95 |
| Pot in the Hindi language | ||
| पोत | pota | 90 |
| पोट | pota | 10 |
| Pot in the Marathi language | ||
| पोट | pota | 77.59 |
| पोत | pota | 18.97 |
| पोटे | pote | 3.45 |
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