How common is the surname Pote?

861 people in the United States had the surname Pote in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 358,589 Americans. It ranked 27,869th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pote?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Pote identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Pote getting more or less common?

Less common. 870 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 861 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Pote

A German surname, carried by 861 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P300

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pote is more common than 82.8% of them.

Origin

German origin

English surname, possibly adapted from German Pothe, a variant of the surname Poth.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 861 people named Pote in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 358,589 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 870.

#27,869

rank among US surnames

861

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #26,394)

Who is named Pote

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Pote identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pote

Pote has the Soundex code P300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P300.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Pote come from?: English surname, possibly adapted from German Pothe, a variant of the surname Poth.
How common is the surname Pote?: 861 people in the United States had the surname Pote in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 358,589 Americans. It ranked 27,869th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pote?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Pote identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pote getting more or less common?: Less common. 870 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 861 in 2010, down 1.0%.