# Pottinger (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/pottinger/  
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 | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,164 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,183 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 265,245 people |
| Change since 2000 | +27% (917 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Pottinger 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) | 49% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.3% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Pottinger in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States.

## People named Pottinger

- Henry Pottinger, British colonial administrator (1789–1856), first governor of Hong Kong
- Matthew Pottinger, American journalist, Marine Corps officer, and former government official (born 1973)
- Eldred Pottinger, British artillerist and adventurer (1811–1843)
- Allison Pottinger, American curler

## Similar surnames

Pittenger, Pettengill.

## 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.