The Reuter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,643 people carried this name — #4,644 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,454 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Reuter surname
In some cases probably from etymology 1, but in others from place names in -reut, -reuth, related with roden.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Reuter» (German), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 509 people named Reuter live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 496 people named Reuter.
53 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
329 people named Reuter live in Switzerland.
They live in 17 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 115 people named Reuter 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
96 people named Reuter have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 170 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 10 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
344 people named Reuter are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Reuter in American newspapers,
1912–1925.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 89,211 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Reuter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gustaf Reuter 1699–1783 · decorative painter -
Georg Johann Reuter 1776–1845 · mayor -
Ernst Odert Reuter 1815–1890 · writer -
Elisabeth Reuter 1853–1903 · painter -
Jonatan Reuter 1859–1947 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 257 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Reuter.
- Retterer 197 · U.S. census
- Rettig 3,641 · U.S. census
- Retz 655 · U.S. census
- Reuille 191 · U.S. census
- Reulet 247 · U.S. census
- Reus 404 · U.S. census
- Reuther 1,468 · U.S. census
- Revel 746 · U.S. census
- Revelle 1,233 · U.S. census
- Revelli 188 · U.S. census
- Revello 359 · U.S. census
- Revers 264 · U.S. census
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