The Pote surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 861 people carried this name — #27,869 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. That is down 1% from 870 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Pote surname
English surname, possibly adapted from German Pothe, a variant of the surname Poth.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Pote» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 76 people named Pote.
1 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 15 départements, most often Nord.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Pote,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jeremiah Hobbs Pote 1820–1910 · politician -
Joseph Pote 1704–1787 · printer
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William Pote 1718–1755
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Harlan L. Pote 1901– · politician
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Lou Pote 1971– · baseball player
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pote.
- Post 23,458 · U.S. census
- Postal 440 · U.S. census
- Poste 180 · U.S. census
- Postel 1,072 · U.S. census
- Postigo 224 · U.S. census
- Pot 283 · U.S. census
- Poteau 198 · U.S. census
- Pothier 1,239 · U.S. census
- Potier 593 · U.S. census
- Potter 72,175 · U.S. census
- Pottier 115 · U.S. census
- Potvin 2,503 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Pote is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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