The Sauter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,163 people carried this name — #6,562 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,100 people counted. That is up 14% from 4,531 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,444 people named Sauter live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 273 people named Sauter.
31 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 25 départements, most often Haut-Rhin.
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 Poland’s population register
213 people named Sauter have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 259 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 11 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Łódź.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 132 people named Sauter 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 La Pampa.
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 the Nordic population registers
30 people named Sauter is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Sauter in American newspapers,
1907–1911.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,763 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Sauter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johann Melchior Sauter 1686–1746 · parson -
Samuel Friedrich Sauter 1766–1846 · writer -
Jonathan Sauter 1549–1612 · hatter
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Abraham Sauter 1692–1731 · goldsmith
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Joseph Anton Sauter 1740–1817 · jurist
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Joseph Anton Sauter 1742–1817 · jurist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sauter.
- Saunier 775 · U.S. census
- Saur 806 · U.S. census
- Saura 183 · U.S. census
- Saure 126 · U.S. census
- Sauri 301 · U.S. census
- Sauser 676 · U.S. census
- Sautter 1,826 · U.S. census
- Sauvage 402 · U.S. census
- Sauvain 128 · U.S. census
- Sauve 2,321 · U.S. census
- Sauveur 264 · U.S. census
- Sava 718 · U.S. census
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