How common is the surname Vetter?

8,550 people in the United States had the surname Vetter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,111 Americans. It ranked 4,142nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Vetter?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Vetter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Vetter?

David Vetter, American sufferer of severe combined immunodeficiency (1971–1984), followed by Austin Vetter.

Where is the surname Vetter most common?

Wikidata records people named Vetter in the United States.

Is the surname Vetter getting more or less common?

More common. 8,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,550 in 2010, up 1.2%.

The surname Vetter

A German surname, carried by 8,550 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex V360

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Vetter is more common than 97.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Vetter.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,550 people named Vetter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 36,111 Americans. That is up 1.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,450.

#4,142

rank among US surnames

8,550

people in 2010

2.9

per 100,000 Americans

+1.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,860)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,133	Bandy	8,582	35,976
#4,134	Moncada	8,574	36,010
#4,135	Chavira	8,573	36,014
#4,138	Welker	8,566	36,043
#4,139	Teran	8,557	36,081
#4,140	Gainey	8,556	36,085
#4,141	Heinrich	8,552	36,102

Who is named Vetter

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

95% of people named Vetter identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Vetters

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

David Vetter
American sufferer of severe combined immunodeficiency (1971–1984)
Austin Vetter
Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, born 1967

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Vetter

Vedder

Vetter has the Soundex code V360, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code V360.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Vetter come from?: Borrowed from German Vetter.
How common is the surname Vetter?: 8,550 people in the United States had the surname Vetter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 36,111 Americans. It ranked 4,142nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Vetter?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Vetter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Vetter?: David Vetter, American sufferer of severe combined immunodeficiency (1971–1984), followed by Austin Vetter.
Where is the surname Vetter most common?: Wikidata records people named Vetter in the United States.
Is the surname Vetter getting more or less common?: More common. 8,450 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,550 in 2010, up 1.2%.