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The Etter surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,039 people carried this name — #6,701 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,975 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

2,680 people named Etter live in Switzerland.

They live in 25 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Bern 524
Zurich 429
Fribourg 295
Vaud 219
St. Gallen 192
Thurgau 182
Aargau 163
Solothurn 76

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 295 people named Etter.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Bas-Rhin 110
Haut-Rhin 66
Moselle 17
Territoire de Belfort 12
Paris 10
Saône-et-Loire 9
Meurthe-et-Moselle 6
Yonne 6

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 63 people named Etter live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 48
City of Buenos Aires 15

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Etter in American newspapers,
1883–1916.

Newspaper page from Southern Standard carrying the name Etter
Southern Standard 1884-08-09
Newspaper page from The Carlsbad Current carrying the name Etter
The Carlsbad Current 1916-05-12
Newspaper page from Southern Standard carrying the name Etter
Southern Standard 1883-09-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 147,941 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Etter,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Maria Woodworth-Etter
    Maria Woodworth-Etter 1844–1924 · writer
  • Vitus Etter d. 1683
  • Ulrich Etter 1599–1675
  • Peter Etter 1715–1794 · entrepreneur
  • Benjamin Etter 1763–1827
  • Charles Karl Antonovich Etter 1774–1831

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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