The Sautter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,826 people carried this name — #15,912 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 161,300 people counted. That is up 21% from 1,514 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
118 people named Sautter live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 51 people named Sautter.
12 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 9 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Who carried it
People named Sautter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Charles Sautter 1830–1892 · banker -
Joseph François Sautter d. 1781
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Jeremias Sautter 1650–1708 · watchmaker
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Jeremias Sautter 1683–1708 · watchmaker
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François Jean Sautter 1746–1819 · military personnel
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Emmanuel Sautter 1777–1853
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Sautter.
- 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
- Sauter 5,163 · 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
- Savage 49,914 · U.S. census
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