Explore the Family Name Potes

The meaning of Potes

Spanish: habitational name from a place called Potes in Cantabria.

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How common is the last name Potes in the United States?

The Potes surname saw a slight decrease in its popularity ranking from 2000 to 2010, dropping from 56,246 to 56,972, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data. This represents a change of -1.29%. However, the count of individuals with the Potes surname increased by 5.29%, from 340 in 2000 to 358 in 2010, suggesting that although the surname's overall rank slipped, more people identified as Potes over this decade. The proportion of the Potes surname per 100,000 people also dropped slightly from 0.13 to 0.12 in the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#56,246	#56,972	-1.29%
Count	340	358	5.29%
Proportion per 100k	0.13	0.12	-7.69%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Potes

In terms of ethnicity, the Potes surname showed a diverse ethnic identity distribution, based on the Decennial U.S. Census data. Hispanics represented the largest share of the Potes population at 37.43% in 2010, marking an increase of 13.63% from 2000. Whites made up the second largest group at 48.32%, despite a decrease of 14.43% from 2000. The Asian/Pacific Islander community also increased their representation among the Potes population, growing from 8.82% in 2000 to 9.22% in 2010. Notably, those identifying as two or more races appeared in 2010 at 4.47%, while no data was available for this group in 2000. Conversely, those identifying as Black in 2000 disappeared from 2010's data set. The American Indian and Alaskan Native representation remained at 0% for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	56.47%	48.32%	-14.43%
Hispanic	32.94%	37.43%	13.63%
Asian/Pacific Islander	8.82%	9.22%	4.54%
Two or More Races	0%	4.47%	0%
Black	1.47%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%