Truter Surname
Approximately 8,374 people bear this surname
Truter Surname Definition:
“Strong Army” in Old German (Trudhari). See also Herholdt.
Truter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 7,675 | 1:7,059 | 910 |
| Zimbabwe | 161 | 1:95,890 | 13,594 |
| England | 146 | 1:381,631 | 26,761 |
| Australia | 86 | 1:313,904 | 27,145 |
| United States | 86 | 1:4,214,639 | 225,501 |
| New Zealand | 58 | 1:78,075 | 11,384 |
| Canada | 37 | 1:995,827 | 74,831 |
| Namibia | 26 | 1:92,669 | 8,353 |
| Thailand | 21 | 1:3,363,731 | 310,277 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Wales | 6 | 1:515,755 | 23,171 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
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.
Truter Demographics
Average Male Truter Height
177.7 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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
Truter Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Truter in the Russian language | ||
| Трутер | truter | - |
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