The Vetter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,550 people carried this name — #4,142 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 8,450 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Vetter surname
A male surname from German.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vetter» (Czech), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
1,197 people named Vetter live in Switzerland.
They live in 23 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 890 people named Vetter.
39 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 47 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.
In Poland’s population register
83 people named Vetter have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 143 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 8 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
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
80 people named Vetter 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
Vetter in American newspapers,
1893–1920.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,875,082 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Vetter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marcus Vetter d. 1554 · auxiliary bishop
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Beatrice Emma Vetter d. 1952
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Johann Vetter d. 1594
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Daniel Strejc-Vetterus 1592–1669 · writer
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Anna Vetter 1630–1703 · writer
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Daniel Vetter 1657–1721 · composer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Vetter.
- Very 180 · U.S. census
- Vesco 322 · U.S. census
- Vescovi 381 · U.S. census
- Vessella 185 · U.S. census
- Vest 11,405 · U.S. census
- Vetro 280 · U.S. census
- Vettese 307 · U.S. census
- Vettori 154 · U.S. census
- Vettraino 358 · U.S. census
- Veve 188 · U.S. census
- Vey 513 · U.S. census
- Vezzani 133 · U.S. census
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