Pot surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Pot surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 283 people carried this name — #69,392 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 1,000,000 people counted. That is up 41% from 201 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 796 people named Pot.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Nord.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Nord 190
Charente 68
Paris 68
Oise 55
Yonne 49
Pas-de-Calais 46
Seine-Maritime 32
Finistère 32

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 241 people named Pot live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in East Flanders.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

East Flanders 111
West Flanders 46
Hainaut 34
Antwerp 26
Flemish Brabant 12
Brussels-Capital 6
Limburg 6

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 141 people named Pot live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Santa Fe.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Santa Fe 35
Buenos Aires Province 34
Santiago del Estero 26
Entre Ríos 23
City of Buenos Aires 12
Chaco 11

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

95 people named Pot live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Valais 53
Vaud 14
Geneva 11
Bern 8
Aargau 6
Zurich 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

Who carried it

People named Pot,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Pieter Pot
    Pieter Pot 1375–1450 · businessperson
  • Harry Fragson
    Harry Fragson 1869–1913 · actor
  • Harry Pot
    Harry Pot 1929–1996 · photographer
  • Jean Pot d. 1571 · ambassador
  • Guy Pot d. 1510
  • Guy Pot d. 1495

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Pot.

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