Pot Family History

Pot Surname Meaning

French and Walloon: from the personal name Pot an Old French short form of Philipot itself a pet form of Philip. French and Walloon: metonymic occupational name for a potter from pot ‘pot’.

Flemish and Dutch: variant of Pott Dutch (Van der Pot): topographic name for someone living on a low-lying plot from Low German dialect pōt ‘puddle’.

English: very rare variant of Pott including as a cognate of 1 above.

Cambodian: written ពត unexplained.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Port, Pott, Post, Pol, Polt, Po, Pont, Kot, Poth, Poh

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Where is the Pot family from?

You can see how Pot families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Pot family name was found in the USA, Canada, and Scotland between 1841 and 1920. The most Pot families were found in USA in 1920. In 1841 there was 1 Pot family living in Lanarkshire. This was 100% of all the recorded Pot's in Scotland. Lanarkshire had the highest population of Pot families in 1841.

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What did your Pot ancestors do for a living?

In 1940, Farmer was the top reported job for people in the USA named Pot.

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Passenger List

There are 1K immigration records available for the last name Pot. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the UK, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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There are 5K military records available for the last name Pot. For the veterans among your Pot ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Pot lifespan?

Between 1970 and 2004, in the United States, Pot life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1997, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Pot in 1970 was 77, and 101 in 2004.

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Pot Surname Meaning

French and Walloon: from the personal name Pot an Old French short form of Philipot itself a pet form of Philip. French and Walloon: metonymic occupational name for a potter from pot ‘pot’.

Flemish and Dutch: variant of Pott Dutch (Van der Pot): topographic name for someone living on a low-lying plot from Low German dialect pōt ‘puddle’.

English: very rare variant of Pott including as a cognate of 1 above.

Cambodian: written ពត unexplained.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Where is the Pot family from?

What did your Pot ancestors do for a living?

In 1940, Farmer was the top reported job for people in the USA named Pot.

Data not to scale

We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Farmer

100%

What Pot family records will you find?

What is the average Pot lifespan?

Between 1970 and 2004, in the United States, Pot life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1997, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for Pot in 1970 was 77, and 101 in 2004.

Pot Family History

Pot Surname Meaning

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Pot Surname Meaning

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Where is the Pot family from?

What did your Pot ancestors do for a living?

Top Male Occupations In 1940

What Pot family records will you find?

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Passenger List

Military Records

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What is the average Pot lifespan?

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