Family name Ваутер (Wouter 
, Vauter 
, Ваутер 
) , throughout the world, is quite a rare last name. The cognomen Ваутер is habitual in Suriname, where it is quite a common surname, Aruba, and Belgium, where it is quite a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Belgium, Netherlands, and Suriname. Much more frequently, Ваутер is the forename as well as the last name.