# Sauter (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sauter/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Dutch |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,163 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,562 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 59,800 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (4,531 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As a German surname, from the noun suter (“shoemaker, cobbler”). Compare Sauder, Souter. * As an English surname, variant of Salter. * As a Dutch and West Flemish surname, from Middle Dutch sout (“salt”) (modern zout).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sauter in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sauter in Austria–Hungary.

## People named Sauter

- Anton Eleutherius Sauter, Austrian botanist and physician (1800-1881)

## Similar surnames

Sutter, Suter, Stier, Suiter, Star, Sauder, Sautter, Satter, Steer, Sutera, Souter, Sater.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.