Toeter
surname · Latin script
Meaning: horn, claxon
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Toeter is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 125K(measured from records)
- HRCroatia1 in 211Kas Toter
- ARArgentina1 in 1.6Mas Toter
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 Toeter 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.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 19 (measured from records)
- 1 in 125K (inferred from the name graph)
138 people, 2007
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Töter in DE Germany.
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)
horn, claxon
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Toeter 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | 138 | 1 in 125K | 138 | Toeter | 16 |
| DE Germany | ≈36 est. | ≈1 in 2.2M | — | Töter | 19 |
| AR Argentina | 28as Toter | 1 in 1.6M | 28 | — | — |
| HR Croatia | 20as Toter | 1 in 211K | 20 | — | — |
| US United States | — | — | listed | Toeter | 2 |
138 people counted by CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007), 2007. 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: CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007); RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 138 | #14,535 |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Toeter mean, and where does it come from?
- horn, claxon Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Toeter have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 138 people named Toeter, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled toeter.
- Where is Toeter most common?
- Toeter is densest in the Netherlands, where the national register counts about 1 in 125 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Toeter?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 138 people named Toeter in 2007, about 1 in 125 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Toeter?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/toeterThe 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, “Toeter”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.