The Wolter surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,511 people carried this name — #7,384 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,353 in 2000.
In Poland’s population register
326 people named Wolter have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 444 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 12 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Pomeranian.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 Argentina’s national register
At least 173 people named Wolter 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 170 people named Wolter.
40 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Moselle.
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.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
170 people named Wolter live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 43 people named Wolter live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
201 people named Wolter 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
Wolter in American newspapers,
1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 42,586 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Wolter,
with a public archive behind them.
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Johan Wolter d. 1700 · mayor
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Bernhard Wolter d. 1636 · printer
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Olga Wolter d. 1943
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Jean Wolter d. 1727
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Johann Wolter 1665–1721 · politician
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Hendrik Jurrien Wolter 1741–1813
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wolter.
- Wolfs 121 · U.S. census
- Woll 1,493 · U.S. census
- Wolle 348 · U.S. census
- Wolny 321 · U.S. census
- Woloszyn 798 · U.S. census
- Wolski 1,965 · U.S. census
- Wong 111,371 · U.S. census
- Wonner 130 · U.S. census
- Woock 240 · U.S. census
- Wood 250,715 · U.S. census
- Woods 177,425 · U.S. census
- Woog 155 · U.S. census
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