# Souter (surname)

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

A surname originating as an occupation.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,063 |
| US rank (2010) | 23,785 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 290,447 people |
| Change since 2000 | -8.2% (1,158 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsutɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Soutar, Soutter |

## Etymology

From souter (“shoemaker”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Souter 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) | 82% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 13% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.5% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Souter in the United States.

## People named Souter

- David Souter, American lawyer and jurist (1939–2025)
- Joe South, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (1940–2012)

## Similar surnames

Sutter, Suter, Sauter, Souder, Stier, Suiter, Sowder, Sautter, Stoehr, Steer, Sutera, 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.