Distribution of the Potten/Potton Name
Pottens/Pottons on the IGI - English Counties
The following is a list of English Counties showing an approximate number of Pottens and Pottonsrecorded up until the mid-19th Century. This information can only be treated as a general indication of the spread of Pottens in England as many church parish registers are still to be transcribed into the IGI:
Bedfordshire | 200 | Durham | 1 | Leicestershire | 1 | Somerset | 3 | |||
Berkshire | 1 | Essex | 12 | London/Middlesex | 400 | Staffordshire | 3 | |||
Buckinghamshire | 25 | Gloucestershire | 3 | Norfolk | 4 | Suffolk | 3 | |||
Cambridgeshire | 50 | Hampshire | 10 | Northamptonshire | 2 | Surrey | 37 | |||
Cornwall | 2 | Herefordshire | 2 | Northumberland | 2 | Sussex | 66 | |||
Derbyshire | 2 | Hertfordshire | 250 | Nottinghamshire | 2 | Warwickshire | 10 | |||
Devon | 2 | Kent | 110 | Oxfordshire | 3 | Wiltshire | 10 | |||
Dorset | 2 | Lancashire | 2 | Shropshire | 6 | Yorkshire | 80 |
Current locations
There is evidence of the following number of Potten families currently living in various parts of the world:
Australia | 24 | Germany | 32 | Netherlands | 8 | ||
Belgium | 13 | Great Britain | 181 | New Zealand | 1 | ||
Canada | 19 | Italy | 1 | USA | 22 |
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