How common is the surname Pothier?

1,239 people in the United States had the surname Pothier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. It ranked 21,184th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pothier?

Brian Pothier, American ice hockey player, followed by Aram J. Pothier.

Where is the surname Pothier most common?

Wikidata records people named Pothier in the United States.

Is the surname Pothier getting more or less common?

More common. 1,177 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,239 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Pothier

A surname, carried by 1,239 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex P360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pothier is more common than 86.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,239 people named Pothier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,177.

#21,184

rank among US surnames

1,239

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #20,854)

Who is named Pothier

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

97% of people named Pothier identified as white (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pothiers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brian Pothier
American ice hockey player, born 1977
Aram J. Pothier
American politician (1854-1928)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pothier

Pothier has the Soundex code P360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P360.

Questions

How common is the surname Pothier?: 1,239 people in the United States had the surname Pothier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 249,189 Americans. It ranked 21,184th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pothier?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Pothier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pothier?: Brian Pothier, American ice hockey player, followed by Aram J. Pothier.
Where is the surname Pothier most common?: Wikidata records people named Pothier in the United States.
Is the surname Pothier getting more or less common?: More common. 1,177 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,239 in 2010, up 5.3%.