Schmitter
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈʃmɪtɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Schmitter is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from German Schmitter.
- DEGermany
- FRFrance
- USUnited States
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Borrowed from German Schmitter.
Sources 1
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Carl Schmitterb. 1849ATAustrian poet and vocalist
- Wilhelm Schmitterb. 1913DEGerman bomber pilot and Knight's Cross recipient
- Werner Schmitterb. 1920CHSwiss politician (born 1920)
- Magdalena Schmitterb. 1926genealogist
- Philippe C. Schmitterb. 1936USAmerican political scientist
- Frank Schmitterb. 1957DEGerman author
- Elke Schmitterb. 1961DEGerman journalist and writer (born 1961)
- Thierry Schmitterb. 1969NLDutch Paralympic sailor
- Frédéric SchmitterFRwriter
- Petra SchmitterDEresearcher, ORCID id # 0000-0002-3826-7224
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 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 640 | #1,981 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 565 | #41,517 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 551 | #39,837 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 536 | #38,771 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 102 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 100 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 97 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 95 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 88 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 85 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 77 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 74 | — |
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 Schmitter mean, and where does it come from?
- Borrowed from German Schmitter. Recorded by Wiktionary.
- How do you pronounce Schmitter?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈʃmɪtɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Schmitter have the most bearers?
- Schmitter is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Schmitter?
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/schmitterThe 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
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Schmitter”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.