de Souter Surname

1,155,901st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 207 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

de Souter Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Souter Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1861:61,8109,947
France141:4,744,480251,814
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

de Souter Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Souter Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname de Souter is held by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of de Souter click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Souter? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,155,901st most frequently held last name globally, held by around 1 in 35,205,536 people. The last name de Souter occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of de Souter reside; 98 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most prevalent in Belgium, where it is borne by 186 people, or 1 in 61,810. In Belgium it is most numerous in: Flemish Region, where 95 percent are found, Brussels Capital Region, where 4 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 1 percent are found. Barring Belgium this surname is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in France, where 7 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Soute942/
de Suter941/
de Sutter893,242/
de Sauter8938/
de Soeter8918/
de Couter896/
de Sudter891/
de Scuiter843/
de Schuter843/
de Shutter842/
de Shooter841/
de Soete82494/
de Souta8250/
de Coter8214/
de Sotte824/
de Zoute822/
de Sater821/
de Zuter821/
de Schutter803,124/
de Schuyter80457/
de Sauthier801/
de Schutere801/
de Schuster801/
de Zutter782,056/
de Cauter7867/
de Cotter7815/
de Soette781/
de Schuytter7616/
de Schuytere764/
de Schuttere763/
de Schuitere761/
de Scheutter761/
de Soti7527/
de Sota7525/
de Sate753/
de Ceuster741,375/
de Zuttere749/
de Schutte741/
de Sotti71111/
de Sutti7157/
de Satge7148/
de Sauty7117/
de Sates713/
de Zotte712/
de Ssoti711/
de Sotoj711/
de Suthy711/
De-Coter711/
de Cater710/
De-Schutter702/
de Schütter701/
de Geyter671,841/
De-Zutter672/
De-Schuytter671/
de Catter671/
de Chaste671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Souter
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