Explore the Family Name Potteiger

The meaning of Potteiger

Americanized form of German Pfattheicher: occupational name for an official who checked or set the rent owed by (feudal) tenants, from Middle High German pfaht(e) ‘(royal) law, legal status’, later ‘contract, tax, rent’ (from Late Latin pactum) + īcher ‘calibrator’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Potteiger fluctuated slightly between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 31,492 in terms of prevalence and increased to a rank of 31,873 in 2010, indicating a dip in popularity by about 1.21 percent. However, the number of individuals bearing the surname Potteiger actually increased from 695 to 724, marking a growth of 4.17 percent during the same period. The proportion of people with this surname per 100,000 population marginally declined by 3.85 percent, from 0.26 to 0.25.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#31,492	#31,873	-1.21%
Count	695	724	4.17%
Proportion per 100k	0.26	0.25	-3.85%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Potteiger

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data indicates that the majority of individuals with the surname Potteiger identify as White. The percentage stood at 97.55 in 2000 and dropped slightly to 96.13 in 2010. There were no individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander or Black in both years. Notably, there was an emergence of individuals identifying as Hispanic and American Indian and Alaskan Native in 2010, which were not present in the 2000 census. Those identifying as belonging to two or more races, however, disappeared from the 2010 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.55%	96.13%	-1.46%
Hispanic	0%	2.07%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1.24%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	1.29%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%