Meaning of the surname Poot
Poot is a Maya surname of the indigenous type meaning "to drill". It is a regional surname. About 30,000 people in Yucatán. Another reading gives a tender plant or flower; the meaning is debated.
Maya surnames from Yucatán and Campeche (Pech, Canul, Chan, Ek, May, Uc, Poot, Tun) and Nahuatl surnames from central Mexico. Yucatán is the one region of Mexico where indigenous surnames dominate the top of the list.
In Mexico a person carries two surnames, the father's and then the mother's, so Poot appears as either half of a pair: Poot García, López Poot. Read how the two-surname system works.