# Pott (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pott/  
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) | 719 |
| US rank (2010) | 32,079 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 429,410 people |
| Change since 2000 | -2.7% (739 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname (and north German adaptations), from the noun pot. Compare Potter. * Also as a north German surname, from Low German Pütt (“pool; mine shaft, pit”) (high German Pfütze).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pott 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) | 90% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.5% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Similar surnames

Pitt, Putt, Patt, Pett, Pote, Poth, Petty, Pate, Piatt, Pettway, Pete, Patti.

## 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.