Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.
POTTINGER
There are approximately 1,801 people named Pottinger in the UK. That makes it the 4,884th most common surname overall. Out of every million people in the UK, approximately 29 are named Pottinger.
Region of origin
British Isles
Country of origin
England
Language of origin
English
Religion of origin
Christian
Classification
English
Occupational Name
Related and similar surnames
PittingerPettinger
Potinger
Potingar
Poitinger
Poettinger
Potinge
Pothinger
Poetinger
Potingel
Pattinger
Potingle
Potinga
Potingale
Poting
Patinger
Potingher
Potenger
Petinger
Potanger
Pitinger
Podinger
The Pottinger surname in historical dictionaries
Patronymica Britannica (1860)
POTTINGER. The old Scottish for an apothecary. Jamieson. In the Household Book of James V. of Scotland, one of the king's horses, set apart for carrying the drugs of the royal household, is jocosely known by this name : — " uuo equo pharmacopile, vulgo le Pottinger." Archaiologia, vol. xxii.