Family name סוטר (Sutter 
, Souter , סוטר 
) , all over the world, is a common cognomen. The family name סוטר is characteristic of Western Europe, particularly Switzerland, where it is quite a common surname, Belgium, and Austria, where it is quite a rare surname. Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in the United States, Switzerland, and Germany. Much less frequently, סוטר is the forename as well as the last name.