The Potier surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 593 people carried this name — #37,544 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 500,000 people counted. That is down 7% from 636 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 6,492 people named Potier.
52 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 91 départements, most often Vendée.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
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 263 people named Potier 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 Hainaut.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
48 people named Potier live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 Potier,
with a public archive behind them.
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Nicolas Potier de Novion 1618–1693 · magistrate -
Léon Potier de Gesvres 1620–1704 · governor -
Madeleine Potier 1623–1705 -
Léon Potier de Gesvres 1656–1744 · archbishop -
Étienne-René Potier de Gesvres 1697–1774 · Catholic priest -
Augustin Potier d. 1650 · Catholic bishop
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Potier.
- Postel 1,072 · U.S. census
- Postigo 224 · U.S. census
- Pot 283 · U.S. census
- Pote 861 · U.S. census
- Poteau 198 · U.S. census
- Pothier 1,239 · U.S. census
- Potter 72,175 · U.S. census
- Pottier 115 · U.S. census
- Potvin 2,503 · U.S. census
- Pou 1,189 · U.S. census
- Pouch 266 · U.S. census
- Pouder 103 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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