How common is the surname Poteet?

4,353 people in the United States had the surname Poteet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,927 Americans. It ranked 7,625th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Poteet?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Poteet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Poteet?

Scott Poteet, American retired Air Force fighter pilot, former vice president at Shift4, and future priv.

Where is the surname Poteet most common?

Wikidata records people named Poteet in the United States.

Is the surname Poteet getting more or less common?

More common. 4,322 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,353 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Poteet

A surname, carried by 4,353 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P330

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Poteet is more common than 95.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,353 people named Poteet in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 70,927 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,322.

#7,625

rank among US surnames

4,353

people in 2010

1.5

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,129)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,616	Malin	4,365	70,732
#7,617	Colston	4,363	70,765
#7,618	Snapp	4,360	70,813
#7,619	Alas	4,358	70,846
#7,620	Bottoms	4,357	70,862
#7,621	Jager	4,356	70,878
#7,623	Melville	4,355	70,894

Who is named Poteet

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

93% of people named Poteet identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Poteets

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Scott Poteet
American retired Air Force fighter pilot, former vice president at Shift4, and future priv, born 1973

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Poteet

Poteat

Poteet has the Soundex code P330, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P330.

Questions

How common is the surname Poteet?: 4,353 people in the United States had the surname Poteet in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 70,927 Americans. It ranked 7,625th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Poteet?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Poteet identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Poteet?: Scott Poteet, American retired Air Force fighter pilot, former vice president at Shift4, and future priv.
Where is the surname Poteet most common?: Wikidata records people named Poteet in the United States.
Is the surname Poteet getting more or less common?: More common. 4,322 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,353 in 2010, up 0.7%.