The Vater surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 652 people carried this name — #33,090 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 416,700 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 50 people named Vater.
9 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Creuse.
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.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vater.
- Vasquez 159,989 · U.S. census
- Vassallo 3,103 · U.S. census
- Vassel 501 · U.S. census
- Vasseur 747 · U.S. census
- Vassor 186 · U.S. census
- Vastine 505 · U.S. census
- Vautier 166 · U.S. census
- Vautour 347 · U.S. census
- Vautrin 271 · U.S. census
- Vaux 426 · U.S. census
- Vavasseur 118 · U.S. census
- Vay 345 · U.S. census
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