Sütterlin

surname · Latin script

Meaning: From mhd. suter 'tailor, shoemaker'; diminutive/hypocoristic -lin

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

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 83K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 22K
  • EEEstonia≈1 in 701K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Sütterlin itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈960 people, est.

Sources
54 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 22K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Suetterlin in CH Switzerland, US United States, UA Ukraine.

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)

From mhd. suter 'tailor, shoemaker'; diminutive/hypocoristic -lin. Bearer count: 517.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sütterlin 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 Sütterlin is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈960 est.≈1 in 83K—Sütterlin54
CH Switzerland3751 in 22K375Suetterlin14
US United States≈36 est.≈1 in 9.1MlistedSuetterlin32
ES Spain≈7 est.≈1 in 7.5M—Sütterlin2
UA Ukraine≈4 est.≈1 in 10M—Suetterlin1
EE Estonia≈2 est.≈1 in 701Klisted—1

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). 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)

Sütterlin is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Sutterlin

  • English surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia

    Also written Sutterlin

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Switzerland

    Also written Sutterlin

  • Danish surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark

    Also written Sutterlin

  • Croatian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Sutterlin

  • Portuguese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Switzerland

    Also written Sutterlin

15 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

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.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Sütterlin is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In German, Alemannic diminutive/hypocoristic surname in -lin; shows mhd. -līn, with final -n preserved/renewed in Swiss-influenced forms.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

  • In German, Diminutiv/Hypokoristikum auf -lin; 517 Belege.

    as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Ludwig Sütterlin, b. 1863Ludwig Sütterlin, b. 1865Jasha Sütterlin, b. 1992

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 4 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Sütterlin
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)2024375#3,510

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

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

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Sütterlin come from?
From mhd. suter 'tailor, shoemaker'; diminutive/hypocoristic -lin. Bearer count: 517. Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 3: Morphologie der Familiennamen.
What does the name Sütterlin mean?
Recorded meaning: From mhd. suter 'tailor, shoemaker'; diminutive/hypocoristic -lin.
In which country does Sütterlin have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 964 people named Sütterlin in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sütterlin.
Where is Sütterlin most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sütterlin is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 22 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Sütterlin?
In Switzerland, the national register counted 375 people named Sütterlin in 2024, about 1 in 22 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, “Sütterlin”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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