# Sutter (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/sutter/  
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 from Swiss German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | occupational, named after the work an ancestor did |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,760 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,640 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,634 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (9,470 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsʌtɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Variant of Suter.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Sutter 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) | 1.6% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Sutter in the United States, Canada and Austria.

## People named Sutter

- Joe Sutter, American engineer (1921–2016)
- Kurt Sutter, American television director
- Brandon Sutter, American ice hockey player
- Bruce Sutter, American baseball player
- Manuel Sutter, Association footballer

## Similar surnames

Suter, Sauter, Stier, Suiter, Sautter, Satter, Steer, Sutera, Souter, Sater, Sitter, Stehr.

## 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.