Distribution of the Potten/Potton Name

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*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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