How common is the surname Sauter?

5,163 people in the United States had the surname Sauter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,800 Americans. It ranked 6,562nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Sauter?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sauter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Sauter?

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

Where is the surname Sauter most common?

Wikidata records people named Sauter in Austria–Hungary.

Is the surname Sauter getting more or less common?

More common. 4,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,163 in 2010, up 14%.

The surname Sauter

A Dutch surname, carried by 5,163 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex S360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Sauter is more common than 96% of them.

Origin

Dutch origin

* 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).

One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,163 people named Sauter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 59,800 Americans. That is up 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,531.

#6,562

rank among US surnames

5,163

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+13.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,839)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,557	Scholz	5,169	59,730
#6,558	Cespedes	5,168	59,742
#6,560	Stricker	5,164	59,788
#6,562	Endres	5,163	59,800
#6,565	MacGregor	5,161	59,823
#6,566	Wrenn	5,160	59,834

Who is named Sauter

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

95% of people named Sauter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Sauters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Sauter

Sauter has the Soundex code S360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S360.

Other Dutch surnames

All 167 Dutch surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Sauter come from?: * 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).
How common is the surname Sauter?: 5,163 people in the United States had the surname Sauter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 59,800 Americans. It ranked 6,562nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Sauter?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Sauter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Sauter?: Anton Eleutherius Sauter, Austrian botanist and physician (1800-1881).
Where is the surname Sauter most common?: Wikidata records people named Sauter in Austria–Hungary.
Is the surname Sauter getting more or less common?: More common. 4,531 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,163 in 2010, up 14%.