The Schmitter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 551 people carried this name — #39,837 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 526,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 536 in 2000.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
646 people named Schmitter live in Switzerland.
They live in 21 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
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 425 people named Schmitter.
8 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Bas-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.
Who carried it
People named Schmitter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Willy Schmitter 1884–1905 · sport cyclist -
Anton Schmitter 1807–1877 · pastor
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Adeline Schmitter 1829–1919
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Carl Schmitter 1849–1897 · poet
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Wilhelm Schmitter 1913–1943
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Werner Schmitter 1920– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Schmitter.
- Schmidt 147,034 · U.S. census
- Schmied 502 · U.S. census
- Schmieder 1,104 · U.S. census
- Schmit 5,274 · U.S. census
- Schmith 303 · U.S. census
- Schmitt 36,043 · U.S. census
- Schmitz 23,931 · U.S. census
- Schmoll 1,240 · U.S. census
- Schmuck 1,646 · U.S. census
- Schmutz 764 · U.S. census
- Schnabel 3,110 · U.S. census
- Schnebelen 145 · U.S. census
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