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    The surname Suter

    An occupational surname, carried by 5,648 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S360

    Suter: #6,072 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Suter #6,072, 5,648 people Suter: #6,072 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Suter #6,072, 5,648 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Suter is more common than 96.3% of them.

    Origin

    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.

    Suter 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 5,648 people named Suter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 54,665 Americans. That is up 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,461.

    #6,072
    rank among US surnames
    5,648
    people in 2010
    1.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.4%
    change since 2000 (was #5,802)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,063Rolon5,65854,568
    #6,065Thelen5,65754,578
    #6,066Fite5,65654,587
    #6,067Heintz5,65554,597
    #6,068Kirksey5,65454,607
    #6,070Pierre-Louis5,65354,616
    #6,071Savoie5,65254,626

    Who is named Suter

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

    93% of people named Suter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Suters

    3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ryan Suter
      American ice hockey player, born 1985
    • Gary Suter
      American ice hockey player, born 1964
    • Bob Suter
      American ice hockey player (1957–2014)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Suter

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Suter come from?
    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…
    How common is the surname Suter?
    5,648 people in the United States had the surname Suter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 54,665 Americans. It ranked 6,072nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Suter?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Suter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Suter?
    Ryan Suter, American ice hockey player, followed by Gary Suter.
    Where is the surname Suter most common?
    Wikidata records people named Suter in the United States.
    What type of surname is Suter?
    Suter is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Suter getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,461 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,648 in 2010, up 3.4%.
    What are other spellings of Suter?
    Sutor and Sutter.