The Suter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,648 people carried this name — #6,072 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 5,461 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Suter surname
English, Dutch, and Swiss/Alemannic German surname, from Suter, from Middle High German sūter, from Old High German sūtāri, from Proto-West Germanic *sūtārī (“shoemaker”), borrowed from Latin sūtor (“cobbler”); ultimately from Latin sūo (“sew, stitch”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Suter» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
10,598 people named Suter live in Switzerland.
They live in all 26 of Switzerland’s cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 265 people named Suter 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 Córdoba.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 193 people named Suter.
39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 29 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
115 people named Suter have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 132 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.
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
20 people named Suter 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
Suter in American newspapers,
1881–1895.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 48,428 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Suter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anna Suter d. 1580
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Lily Suter d. 1956
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Kaspar Suter 1520–1554 · writer
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Jacob Suter 1540–1610 · physician
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Adelrich Suter 1640–1719 · priest
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Johann Rudolf Suter 1655–1730 · numismatist
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Suter.
- Surace 965 · U.S. census
- Suran 173 · U.S. census
- Surin 394 · U.S. census
- Surry 259 · U.S. census
- Sury 261 · U.S. census
- Suss 445 · U.S. census
- Sutter 9,760 · U.S. census
- Sutterlin 287 · U.S. census
- Sutton 90,964 · U.S. census
- Suzan 102 · U.S. census
- Svoboda 5,686 · U.S. census
- Swiatek 1,381 · U.S. census
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