Pottington Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
England

Pottington Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Pottington Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Pottington Last Name Facts

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

The last name Pottington is most common in England. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Pottington? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 8,968,613th most prevalent last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. Pottington occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Pottington reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in British Isles.

This surname is most frequently held in England, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Pottington is most frequent in: Hampshire, where 25 percent are found, Nottinghamshire, where 25 percent are found and East Sussex, where 25 percent are found.

Pottington Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Pottington has changed over time. In England the number of people who held the Pottington surname fell 43 percent between 1881 and 2014.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Pottington
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