Pots Surname

262,755th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,492 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Netherlands

Pots Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pots Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands7921:21,3223,379
Belgium4031:28,5284,576
Cambodia931:166,5282,859
United States641:5,663,421279,165
France281:2,372,240182,981
Papua New Guinea181:452,98457,838
Germany171:4,735,615183,652
England121:4,643,172139,951
Canada101:3,684,559191,443
Ukraine81:5,690,337241,823
Australia41:6,748,925181,100
Brazil41:53,518,583632,670
United Arab Emirates31:3,054,09190,853
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Bulgaria21:3,489,45264,958
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England551:443,18925,511
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1831:274,41922,265

Pots (204) may also be a first name.

Pots Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Pots Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Pots occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pots? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 262,755th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,884,414 people. The last name Pots occurs predominantly in Europe, where 85 percent of Pots live; 83 percent live in Western Europe and 81 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 633,892nd most numerous first name in the world. It is borne by 204 people.

The last name Pots is most common in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 792 people, or 1 in 21,322. In The Netherlands Pots is most numerous in: Overijssel, where 40 percent live, Drenthe, where 12 percent live and North Holland, where 10 percent live. Excluding The Netherlands this last name is found in 36 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 27 percent live and Cambodia, where 6 percent live.

Pots Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Pots has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Pots surname fell 65 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it fell 78 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 60 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Pots Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is principally Catholic (80%) in Ireland and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Pots surname are 21.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 75% being registered with the party.

Pots earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 36.27% less than the national average, earning $27,500 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Potts8978,366/
Poots891,042/
Potse89770/
Poets89367/
Poths89341/
Pouts8982/
Pohts8922/
Poits8915/
Posts893/
Potsh891/
Pot8616,485/
Pos865,502/
Potsch80618/
Pfouts80281/
Poedts80115/
Poodts8046/
Poists8017/
Poytes8015/
Poites8010/
Pottss805/
Bpotts802/
Photse802/
Poutts801/
Pootts800/
Photts800/
Phouts800/
Post7565,601/
Poot7549,577/
Puot7547,308/
Pote7546,429/
Pott7511,353/
Pose759,389/
Poth755,749/
Poss755,596/
Puts752,767/
Poos752,536/
Pous752,440/
Posh751,371/
Pats751,335/
Phot751,113/
Potz751,084/
Pout75765/
Pois75670/
Poit75450/
Posz75301/
Pocs75288/
Podt75247/
Pods75111/
Pohs7593/
Potì7581/
Phos7551/
Poys7532/
Poës7529/
Poht7525/
Püts7523/
Poët7518/
Počs755/
Posp754/
Posd753/
Bpos752/
Pojs752/
Puos751/
Poxs751/
Poyt751/
Pgot751/
Hpos751/
Pfos751/
Potp751/
Posx751/
Potd751/
Potx751/
Vpot751/
Hpot751/
Poetsch73983/
Potzsch7348/
Poitsch7314/
Potsova734/
Photshe733/
Poutsch732/
Potsche730/
Po6734,866/
Posch6712,488/
Posse676,430/
Poste671,341/
Poshh67952/
Pfost67873/
Potte67797/
Pouth67688/
Poust67683/
Potze67575/
Pooth67553/
Poist67541/
Poetz67373/
Paats67317/
Poiss67269/
Poite67269/
Pothe67268/
Poute67250/
Patts67234/
Poush67229/
Poshe67221/
Poitz67220/
Poosz67171/
Poost67167/
Putse67152/
Pootz67141/
Poodt67133/
Putts67132/
Pauts67110/
Patse67102/
Pohus67100/
Poszt6791/
Poitzsch6777/
Poise6771/
Pouse6771/
Poote6761/
Puits6756/
Potrz6751/
Pohut6746/
Phuot6743/
Potch6737/
Poose6735/
Poutz6732/
Pohtz6731/
Phote6728/
Posze6727/
Pouss6726/
Poosh6725/
Poysh6722/
Pasts6718/
Postt6718/
Pohst6716/
Photh6715/
Phose6711/
Pohse6711/
Paths6710/
Phout6710/
Puuts679/
Pfoth679/
Pottz678/
Poutt677/
Posht677/
Poyss677/
Phoot677/
Pocht677/
Pfote676/
Poids675/
Posci674/
Ppote674/
Pusts674/
Poith673/
Puotz673/
Poott673/
Pouds673/
Phoss673/
Pozte673/
Pfoht673/
Phats673/
Poyse672/
Podds672/
Phost672/
Pfoetsch672/
Phuos672/
Patsh672/
Phosh672/
Posce672/
Phott672/
Puoth672/
Pooss671/
Possp671/
Potce671/
Pottsová671/
Podte671/
Puoss671/
Pouhs671/
Poyth671/
Poythess671/
Pfott671/
Pfoutsch671/
Pgoss671/
Phous671/
Phoxs671/
Poyte671/
Poitt671/
Pohte671/
Possš671/
Phosd671/
Poihs671/
Poisz671/
Poišs671/
Puyts671/
Poëth671/
Pottsova671/
Pouët671/
Bpote671/
Poutx671/
Pohjt671/
Vpoht671/
Pazts670/
Poish670/
Pfous670/
Poyst670/
Pfuts670/
Postz670/
Peuts670/
Phods670/
Pfout670/
Bpoth670/

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Footnotes

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pots
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