# Suter (surname)

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

An occupational surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,648 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,072 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 54,665 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.4% (5,461 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sutor, Sutter |

## Etymology

English, Dutch, and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from Suter, from Middle High German sūter, from Old High German sūtāri, from Proto-West Germanic *sūtārī (“shoemaker”), borrowed from Latin sūtor (“cobbler”); ultimately from Latin sūo (“sew, stitch”). Related to English suture, which also comes from Latin. Compare Sauter, Souter, Sooter, Sutor, Sutter.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Suter 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) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 1.9% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Suter in the United States.

## People named Suter

- Ryan Suter, American ice hockey player
- Gary Suter, American ice hockey player
- Bob Suter, American ice hockey player (1957–2014)

## Similar surnames

Sutter, Sauter, Souder, Stier, Suiter, Sauder, Sautter, Steere, Stoehr, Satter, Steer, Sutera.

## 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.