Schrötter

surname · Latin script

Meaning: surname from Germanic roots; later noble family name

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries · latest register: BFS, 2024

/ʃʁœtʰɐ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

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

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 107K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 2.9Mas Schroetter
  • ATAustria≈1 in 122K

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 Schrötter 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)

≈750 people, est.

Record sources
69 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 107K (inferred from the name graph)

Germany, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)
SchroetterLatin(measured from records)

Locally spelled Schroetter in US United States, FR France, CH Switzerland.

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)

surname from Germanic roots; later noble family name

Cited for this meaning 1

  • Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Schrötter 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 Schrötter is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈750 est.≈1 in 107K—Schrötter46
FR France≈300 est.≈1 in 226K43Schroetter2
US United States115as Schroetter1 in 2.9M131Schroetter69
AT Austria≈73 est.≈1 in 122K—Schrötter11
CZ Czechia701 in 153K70——
CH Switzerland41 in 2.1M4Schroetter7

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; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; MVČR — living population register 2017; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); 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)

Schrötter is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Slovak surname8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Slovakia, Czechia, Poland

    Languages: Slovak, Czech, Polish

    Also written Schrotter, Schrőtter

  • Croatian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Schrotter

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Schrotter

  • a separate name5 spellings in the group

    Also written Schrotter

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Schrotter

  • German surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Austria, Germany, France, United States

    Languages: German, French

    Also written Schrotter

  • English surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Italy

    Also written Schrotter

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Schrotter

7 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.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
18001850190019502000Anton Schrötter von Kristelli, b. 1802Karl Schrötter, b. 1827Adolf Schrötter, b. 1873Mara Schrötter-Malliczky, b. 1893Richard Schrötter, b. 1893Leo Schrötter, b. 1897Johann Schrotter, b. 1922Alexander Schrötter, b. 1927Udo Schrötter, b. 1981Marcel Schrötter, b. 1993

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)
FormalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Dear Schrötter, (English)
InformalSehr geehrte Damen und Herren,Hello, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

9 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.

Official registers attesting Schrötter
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—70#22,573
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)20244#118,617

Reference works 4

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 Schrötter mean, and where does it come from?
surname from Germanic roots; later noble family name Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
How do you pronounce Schrötter?
A machine transcription gives /ʃʁœtʰɐ/ (IPA) for German.
In which country does Schrötter have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 752 people named Schrötter in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled schrötter.
How common is the name Schrötter?
In Czechia, the national register counted 70 people named Schrötter, about 1 in 153 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, “Schrötter”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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