Schröter
surname · Latin script
Meaning: from mnd. schröen 'to cut'; especially 'tailor'
/ˈʃʁøːtɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Schröter is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 5K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 201Kas Schroeter
- CHSwitzerland1 in 23K
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 Schröter 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)
- Sources
- 172 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 5.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈16,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Schroter in US United States, CA Canada, TN Tunisia and Schroeter in CH Switzerland, PL Poland.
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 mnd. schröen 'to cut'; especially 'tailor'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Schröter 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #194 | ≈16,000 est. | ≈1 in 5K | — | Schröter | 143 |
| US United States | — | 1,652as Schroeter | 1 in 201K | 1.7K | Schroter | 172 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 360 | 1 in 23K | 360 | Schroeter | 35 |
| PL Poland | — | 124 | 1 in 309K | 71 | Schroeter | 2 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈99 est. | ≈1 in 380K | — | Schroter | 38 |
| TN Tunisia | — | ≈80 est. | ≈1 in 147K | — | Schroter | 1 |
| DK Denmark | — | 47 | 1 in 125K | 47 | — | — |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Schröter is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Berufsname zu mhd. schröten/schrôten 'schneiden, zuschneiden'; die Karte zeigt v. a. Konsonantenvariation in Schr-/Schrö-/Schro-/Schney- und t/d-Schreibungen.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Berufsname zu mnd. schrōder ‘Schneider’; Dentale mit Plosivvariation. Bearer count: 10439.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
In German, Zu mnd. schrôder(e), schrâder(e) ‚Zuschneider von Stoffen, Schneider u.a.‘; zeigt d/t-Varianz bzw. t-Auslaut nach Lautverschiebung; 10.439 Tokens
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 2: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen II, Konsonantismus
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)
- Johann Hieronymus Schröterb. 1745DEGerman selenographer (1745-1816)
- Corona Schröterb. 1751DEGerman musician and singer (1751-1802)
- Johann Samuel Schröterb. 1753DEGerman composer and pianist (1753–1788)
- Heinrich Schröterb. 1829DEmathematician (1829-1892)
- Joseph Schröterb. 1837PLGerman mycologist and physician (1837-1894)
- Viktor Schröterb. 1839RURussian architect of Baltic German origin (1839-1901)
- Carl Joseph Schröterb. 1855CHSwiss botanist (1855-1939)
- Karl-Heinz Schröterb. 1954DEGerman politician (SPD), MP
- Martina Schröterb. 1960DEEast German rower
- Kai Schröterb. 1974DEGerman film editor
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).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 14 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 360 | #3,661 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 71 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 71 | #39,156 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 53 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 53 | #47,984 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 47 | #11,275 |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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
- What does the name Schröter mean, and where does it come from?
- from mnd. schröen 'to cut'; especially 'tailor' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Schröter?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈʃʁøːtɐ/ (IPA) for German.
- In which country does Schröter have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 16 thousand people named Schröter in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schröter.
- How common is the name Schröter?
- In Switzerland, the national register counted 360 people named Schröter in 2024, about 1 in 23 thousand residents.
- How common is Schröter compared with other names?
- In Germany, Schröter is the 194th most common surname of 765,306 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Schröter?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/schr%C3%B6terThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Schröter” — the 194th most common surname in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.