Truter Surname

60,186th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,374 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Truter Surname Definition:

“Strong Army” in Old German (Trudhari). See also Herholdt.

Truter Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7,6751:7,059910
Zimbabwe1611:95,89013,594
England1461:381,63126,761
Australia861:313,90427,145
United States861:4,214,639225,501
New Zealand581:78,07511,384
Canada371:995,82774,831
Namibia261:92,6698,353
Thailand211:3,363,731310,277
Botswana171:128,64318,229
Qatar121:196,50026,891
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Wales61:515,75523,171
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Saudi Arabia41:7,713,95437,548
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Eritrea11:4,751,901911
France11:66,422,722504,397
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Japan11:127,844,29373,547
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

The alternate forms: Trüter (71) are calculated separately.

Truter (25) may also be a first name.

Truter Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Strong Army” in Old German (Trudhari). See also Herholdt.

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Truter Last Name Facts

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

The surname Truter (Russian: Трутер) is most common in South Africa. It may be rendered as a variant: Trüter. Click here for further possible spellings of Truter.

How Common Is The Last Name Truter? popularity and diffusion

The surname Truter is the 60,186th most common surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 870,259 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Truter reside; 94 percent reside in Southern Africa and 94 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most widely held forename in the world, borne by 25 people.

The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 7,675 people, or 1 in 7,059. In South Africa Truter is most numerous in: Western Cape, where 40 percent live, Gauteng, where 26 percent live and KwaZulu-Natal, where 7 percent live. Apart from South Africa Truter occurs in 36 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.

Truter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Truter has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname increased 2,867 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Truter Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Truter surname are 29.7% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 76.47% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Truter earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 66.58% more than the national average, earning R 395,856 per year; in United States they earn 32.2% more than the national average, earning $57,044 USD per year and in Canada they earn 43.29% more than the national average, earning $71,192 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Trüter9471/
Treuter92466/
Truster92276/
Trauter92164/
Trutter92114/
Truther926/
Trueter925/
Trouter924/
Truyter921/
Truiter921/
Trute91707/
Troutier86236/
Treutter8621/
Threuter8619/
Truttier8614/
Trautter8614/
Troutter862/
Trauster862/
Trauther861/
Trouther861/
Thruster861/
Truytier861/
Trutie83263/
Trutet83250/
Traute83245/
Troute83211/
Troter83118/
Truthe8360/
Truste8348/
Truite8336/
Treute8313/
Trutte834/
Trutea832/
Triter831/
Trutej831/
Thrute830/
Trutes830/
Truetther802/
Trautteur801/
Trutteare800/
Trotter7737,933/
Trotier77414/
Tritter77256/
Trautes7779/
Troutet7758/
Truitte7736/
Trustee7730/
Troutte7730/
Trusted7729/
Trustey7726/
Troeter7711/
Trooter774/
Trother773/
Truttie773/
Trautte773/
Thrutte772/
Treutie772/
Trutech771/
Troutes771/
Trouthe771/
Tritier771/
Truttet771/
Thruste770/
Trieter770/
Triteur770/
Troteer770/
Troteir770/
Trustte770/
Truta734,290/
Truty73765/
Truti73173/
Trote73159/
Trüte731/
Trută731/
Trottier7113,767/
Trouttet71234/
Trothier7117/
Truthett712/
Trautett711/
Trotteir711/
Trietter711/
Trouthes710/
Trrotter710/
Trotterr710/
Trotte67429/
Truita67309/
Trotea67241/
Trothe6764/
Treustedt6753/
Tritir6747/
Trutta6722/
Troote6712/
Trauty6712/
Trusti6711/
Trouty676/
Trutti675/
Trauta675/
Truiti674/
Trutty674/
Trouti674/
Trutit674/
Troete673/
Trutis672/
Trutiy671/
Throte671/
Thruti671/
Traustedt671/
Trotie671/
Trotir671/
Trouta671/
D'Trotter671/
Truity671/

Truter Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Truter in the Russian language
Трутерtruter-

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