Pottow Surname

1,353,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 164 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Pottow Surname Definition:

From the French, Poteau, Pottaux; a personal name.

Pottow Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1041:520,93941,780
United States241:15,102,456529,929
England151:3,714,537119,675
Canada91:4,093,955205,175
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Wales31:1,031,51134,732
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England331:738,64834,140
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Pottow Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

From the French, Poteau, Pottaux; a personal name.

British Family Names: Their Origin and Meaning (1903) by Henry Barber

Pottow Last Name Facts

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

The surname Pottow occurs most in South Africa. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Pottow? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,353,468th most widespread surname on earth, held by around 1 in 44,436,256 people. The last name Pottow is mostly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Pottow reside; 63 percent reside in Southern Africa and 63 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The surname Pottow is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is borne by 104 people, or 1 in 520,939. In South Africa Pottow is most frequent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 58 percent reside, Gauteng, where 31 percent reside and Eastern Cape, where 7 percent reside. Barring South Africa it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 15 percent reside and England, where 9 percent reside.

Pottow Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Pottow has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Pottow last name grew 343 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 55 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Pottow Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Pottow surname are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 50% registered with the political party.

The amount Pottow earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 42.24% more than the national average, earning R 338,028 per year; in United States they earn 11.18% more than the national average, earning $47,972 USD per year and in Canada they earn 204.03% more than the national average, earning $151,052 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Poettow920/
Puttow8360/
Pattow8334/
Postow8330/
Potowe8322/
Pettow8315/
Potowa838/
Poetow831/
Pottof830/
Potthof77222/
Pottoff7722/
Pottoev774/
Pottoph770/
Patow73324/
Pätow73235/
Potov73129/
Petow7389/
Potof7310/
Pütow736/
Putow734/
Potaw732/
Potthoff718,305/
Potthosf713/
Potthotf711/
Potthoft711/
Pottovff710/
Paetow671,479/
Pothof67684/
Postov67123/
Potova6771/
Pastow6758/
Poetov6757/
Potoff6756/
Patowe6745/
Patowa6729/
Puttov6727/
Potoev677/
Patouw676/
Pustow675/
Potawe674/
Pautow673/
Peutow672/
Pethow671/
Pattaw670/
Puttaw670/

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