How common is the surname Nutter?

8,137 people in the United States had the surname Nutter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,943 Americans. It ranked 4,368th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Nutter?

David Nutter, American film director, followed by Rik Van Nutter.

Where is the surname Nutter most common?

Wikidata records people named Nutter in the United States.

Is the surname Nutter getting more or less common?

More common. 7,981 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,137 in 2010, up 2.0%.

The surname Nutter

An occupational surname, carried by 8,137 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nutter is more common than 97.3% of them.

Origin

From nutter, the occupation of nut-gatherer.

Nutter is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,137 people named Nutter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 37,943 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,981.

#4,368

rank among US surnames

8,137

people in 2010

2.8

per 100,000 Americans

+2%

change since 2000 (was #4,109)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,359	Tracey	8,152	37,874
#4,361	Mercier	8,149	37,888
#4,362	Oviedo	8,145	37,906
#4,363	Stinnett	8,142	37,920
#4,364	Ferrari	8,141	37,925
#4,365	Schoen	8,140	37,929
#4,366	Armour	8,139	37,934

Who is named Nutter

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

89% of people named Nutter identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nutters

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Nutter
American film director, born 1960
Rik Van Nutter
American actor (1929–2005)
Donald Grant Nutter
15th Governor of Montana. (1915-1962)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nutter

Netter

Nutter has the Soundex code N360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N360.

Questions

Where does the surname Nutter come from?: From nutter, the occupation of nut-gatherer.
How common is the surname Nutter?: 8,137 people in the United States had the surname Nutter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 37,943 Americans. It ranked 4,368th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nutter?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Nutter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.3% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Nutter?: David Nutter, American film director, followed by Rik Van Nutter.
Where is the surname Nutter most common?: Wikidata records people named Nutter in the United States.
What type of surname is Nutter?: Nutter is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
Is the surname Nutter getting more or less common?: More common. 7,981 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,137 in 2010, up 2.0%.