Später Surname

751,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 382 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Später Surname User-submission:

This is a German surname, meaning 'late', someone who never arrives on time.

Später Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3771:213,54224,140
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Scotland21:1,871,60827,884
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States401:1,255,46770,036

The alternate forms: Spater (108) are calculated separately.

Später Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a German surname, meaning 'late', someone who never arrives on time.

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Später Last Name Facts

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

The last name Später occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Spater. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Später? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 751,291st most common family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 19,077,345 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Später live; 99 percent live in Western Europe and 99 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is borne by 377 people, or 1 in 213,542. In Germany Später is mostly found in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 40 percent reside, Saarland, where 16 percent reside and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 12 percent reside. Beside Germany it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 0 percent reside and Russia, where 0 percent reside.

Später Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Später has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Später surname declined 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spater94108/
Späther927/
Spätter923/
Speter83321/
Spiter8356/
Spoter833/
Späterová801/
Spetter77512/
Spaeter77342/
Spötter77143/
Speeter7795/
Shpeter7785/
Spotter7780/
Spitter7753/
Spether7743/
Spitere7731/
Spatter7725/
Spadter7714/
Spoeter7711/
Spister779/
Szpiter778/
Spjøter776/
Sspeter775/
Spither775/
Spöther773/
Spetere773/
Spather773/
Szpater771/
Spheter771/
Shpiter771/
Spester771/
Spieter771/
Spitger771/
Spitier771/
Spizter771/
Spedter770/
Spahter770/
Szpitter7154/
Shpetter7152/
Spaether7125/
Spoetter7115/
Spechter719/
Shpeyter717/
Szpeiter715/
Sphetter712/
Spichter711/
Spittier711/
Shpister711/
Spaetter711/
Speister711/
Speither711/
Spayster710/
Schpether6728/
Schpetter679/
Spatir672/
Spitre671/
Spetir670/

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