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    The surname Getter

    A German surname, carried by 1,026 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G360

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Getter is more common than 85% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Probably an altered spelling of German Götter.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,026 people named Getter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. That is down 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,101.

    #24,404
    rank among US surnames
    1,026
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.8%
    change since 2000 (was #21,958)

    Who is named Getter

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    74% of people named Getter identified as white (not Hispanic), 22% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 74%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 22%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Getter

    Getter has the Soundex code G360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G360.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Getter come from?
    Probably an altered spelling of German Götter.
    How common is the surname Getter?
    1,026 people in the United States had the surname Getter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 300,922 Americans. It ranked 24,404th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Getter?
    In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Getter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 22% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Getter getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,101 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,026 in 2010, down 6.8%.