Souter Surname
Approximately 7,220 people bear this surname
Souter Surname Definition:
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the souter,' i.e. shoemaker. Till lately in use in North England; compare Souter-gate in Tiverston, North Lancashire. (i.e. the shoemaker's road). 'Sowtare or cordewaner': Promptorium Parvulorum.
Read More About This SurnameSouter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 2,020 | 1:27,583 | 3,750 |
| United States | 1,755 | 1:206,529 | 20,244 |
| Australia | 1,185 | 1:22,781 | 3,145 |
| Scotland | 1,024 | 1:5,228 | 878 |
| Canada | 639 | 1:57,661 | 6,811 |
| New Zealand | 186 | 1:24,346 | 4,252 |
| South Africa | 152 | 1:356,432 | 32,570 |
| Wales | 33 | 1:93,774 | 7,567 |
| Israel | 30 | 1:285,254 | 25,178 |
| France | 28 | 1:2,372,240 | 182,981 |
| Zimbabwe | 25 | 1:617,530 | 46,943 |
| Chile | 22 | 1:800,749 | 17,445 |
| Greece | 10 | 1:1,107,979 | 84,839 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 1:912,546 | 58,198 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Panama | 9 | 1:434,695 | 8,518 |
| Northern Ireland | 8 | 1:230,630 | 10,839 |
| Isle of Man | 8 | 1:10,728 | 2,153 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1:18,179 | 1,485 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 14 | 1:316,419 | 12,423 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 919 | 1:4,073 | 657 |
| England | 752 | 1:32,414 | 4,302 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 267 | 1:188,085 | 16,600 |
Souter (14) may also be a first name.
Souter Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
This surname is derived from an occupation. 'the souter,' i.e. shoemaker. Till lately in use in North England; compare Souter-gate in Tiverston, North Lancashire. (i.e. the shoemaker's road). 'Sowtare or cordewaner': Promptorium Parvulorum.
'Sowters and shepherdes.' - Piers Plowman.
'Cesse (Cecilia), the souteresse.' ibid.
'Also, everych sowtere that maketh shon of newe rothes lether,': Usages of Winchester (English Gilds).
John le Suter, Cambridgeshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.
William le Sutere, Cambridgeshire, ibid.
Johannes de Morton, souter: 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.
Johannes Schether, souter: 1379: ibid.
Johannes Sowter, sutor, 1379: ibid.
Adam Souterson, souiert 1379: ibid.
Robert le Souter, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.
David le Souter, ibid.
From the occupation of shoemaker, cobbler (ME. soutere from ON. sütare).
"Of that surname I neid nocht be nschomit For I con mak schone, butekins and buittis: Gif me the coppie of the king's cuittis, And ye sail se, richt sune, quhat I can do." Lindsay, Ane Satyre of the Thrie Esteaites, 3143-6. Roger Sutor held land in Dumfries, a. 1214 (Kelso, 11), and Kolin, son of Anegus the Souter, was present at the pleas held at Dull in Angus in 1264 (RPSA., p. 349). Bernard called Sutor had a charter of a house in the tenement of Drumelzier, c. 1300-20 (Hay, 7), Fynlai sutor was prepositus of Stirling, 1327, and in 1330 Symon sutor was prepositus of the burgh of Culan (ER., I, p. 67,271). Henry dictus Sutor held a land in Perth, 1375 (Milne, p. 35), Moricius Sutar ond Simo Sutar de Der (Deer) were charged with being forestallers in Aberdeen, 1402, and several other persons of the name are mentioned there about the same time (CRA., p. 382-385; CWA., p. 312; NSCM., I, p. 3). Reginald Sowtar was burgess of Glasgow, 1422 (LCD., p. 242), Thomas Suteur, a Scots ship owner, had a sofe conduct into England in 1438 (Bain, IV, 1110), ond Thomas Soutar obtoined from the abbot of Cupar the lease of a portion of the land of Muirton in 1457 (Cupar-Angus, I, p. 235; II, p. 64). Duncan Seutter was tenant in Auchlyne under the bishop of Aberdeen, 1511 (REA., I, p. 363), and Johnne Soutare of Mont had a feu of part of the lands of Wester Banchreis in 1586 (Scon, p. 232). In 1460 some members of the house of Johnstone in Annandale assumed the name of Souter, in consequence of "some discontent," and settled in Perthshire. In August, 1663, by Act of Parliament, they were allowed to resume their ancient surname (APS., VII, p. 467). John Suitor, laborer in Ellon, and John Sutter, joiner there, were among the Jacobites of the '45. In some instances Souter is probably a translation of Grassick, which see. Patrick Southar in Strathdee in 1527 (Grant, III, p. 70). Sowtare 1464, Suttar 1633. Sir Thomas Urquhart relates as a tradition in his time (he died in 1660) that the two promontories of Cromarty, the "Soutars," were the work stools of two giants who supplied their comrades with shoes and buskins.
(Anglo-Latin) Shoemaker, Cobbler[Middle English souter(e, Old English sútere, Latin sutor] The devel made a reve for to preche, Or of a soutere, shipman, or a leche [physician].— Chaucer, Cant. Tales, A 3903-4.
The true O. English word is sceówyrhta (shoewright), as in Ælfric’s ‘Colloquium,’ where it glosses sutor.
Anglo-Saxon sutere, from Latin sutor. A shoemaker. Still in use in Scotland.
Souter: a shoemaker. The surname Shutter is from Shoester.
Souter Demographics
Average Male Souter Height
177.28 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Souter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Souter Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Souter is found most in England. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Souter click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Souter? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 68,767th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,009,355 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 44 percent of Souter are found; 43 percent are found in Northern Europe and 43 percent are found in British Isles. It is also the 3,024,661st most widely held forename world-wide It is held by 14 people.
This last name is most commonly held in England, where it is held by 2,020 people, or 1 in 27,583. In England Souter is mostly concentrated in: Greater London, where 12 percent reside, West Sussex, where 7 percent reside and Greater Manchester, where 7 percent reside. Beside England it is found in 54 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent reside and Australia, where 16 percent reside.
Souter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Souter has changed over time. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 269 percent between 1881 and 2014; in The United States it rose 657 percent between 1880 and 2014; in Scotland it rose 111 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it fell 86 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Souter Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Anglican (93%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Souter surname are 14.39% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 61.16% registered with the political party.
The amount Souter earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.74% more than the national average, earning R 370,104 per year; in United States they earn 1.97% more than the national average, earning $43,997 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.18% more than the national average, earning $50,768 CAD per year.
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