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Potts Name Meaning
English and Scottish: patronymic from Pott 1, particularly
common in northeastern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Potts Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Potts families
 231 - 459  78 - 230 |
 1 - 77  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Potts families
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753 - 1,503 252 - 752 |
1 - 251 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Potts families
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71 - 140 24 - 70 |
1 - 23 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Potts census records
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Potts Family Origin
Potts Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Potts
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Potts Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Potts census records
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Potts Civil War Service Records
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