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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


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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. 100% of Pot men worked as a Farmer.

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Top Male Occupations In 1940

  • Farmer
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Passenger Lists

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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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