Náter

surname · Latin script

Meaning: coating, coat

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 1 country

Náter is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Switzerland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 13K(measured from records)
  • UYUruguay1 in 65K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 274K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Switzerland (measured from records)

653 people, 2024

Record sources
8 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: reference-verified

1 in 13K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

coating, coat

Cited for this meaning 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Náter counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Náter is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CH Switzerland6531 in 13K653—2
US United States5071 in 656K531—3
PL Poland941 in 407K50——
NL Netherlands631 in 274K63——
UY Uruguay521 in 65K52——
HR Croatia121 in 352K12——

653 people counted by BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames), 2024. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Náter is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written NateR

  • English surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Chinese

    Also written NateR, Naeter, Näter

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Náter under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Náter mean, and where does it come from?
coating, coat Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Náter have the most bearers?
In Switzerland, the national register counted about 653 people named Náter, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Náter most common?
Náter is densest in Switzerland, where the national register counts about 1 in 13 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Náter?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 653 people named Náter in 2024, about 1 in 13 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Náter”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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