# Poth (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/poth/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,031 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,325 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 299,462 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.4% (1,056 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /poʊθ/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

North German surname, from Middle Low German pütte (“pool, puddle”), from Old Saxon putti, from Proto-West Germanic *puti.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Poth in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 92% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.9% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 4.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.7% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Similar surnames

Peth, Pote, Pott, Petty, Pate, Pitt, Piatt, Pettway, Pete, Patti, Peet, Patty.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.