Surname Patter (Pater 
, Patter 
) , in the entire world, is a common family name. The surname Patter is habitual in Netherlands, where it is quite a common surname, Suriname, and Poland, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Netherlands, Poland, and the United States. Likewise, Patter is the forename as well as the last name.
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| Pater | Netherlands, Poland, India, United States, Nigeria |
| Patter | Myanmar, India, France, Germany, United States |
Paternoster, and พัตเตอร์
| betty van patter killed in 1974 in California, USA, US (b. 1932) |
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| heather van patter badminton player, CA (b. 1970) |
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| lauren van patter researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-5317-9484) |
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