How common is the surname Potvin?

2,503 people in the United States had the surname Potvin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,350 Americans. It ranked 12,421st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Potvin?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Potvin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Potvin getting more or less common?

More common. 2,427 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,503 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Potvin

A surname, carried by 2,503 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P315

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Potvin is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,503 people named Potvin in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,350 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,427.

#12,421

rank among US surnames

2,503

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #11,823)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,417	Vanetten	2,504	123,301
#12,421	Nicoll	2,503	123,350
#12,423	Ju	2,502	123,399
#12,426	Fellers	2,501	123,449
#12,429	Nolin	2,500	123,498

Who is named Potvin

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

96% of people named Potvin identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Potvin?: 2,503 people in the United States had the surname Potvin in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,350 Americans. It ranked 12,421st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Potvin?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Potvin identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Potvin getting more or less common?: More common. 2,427 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,503 in 2010, up 3.1%.