About the Satter Surname

Clerks wrote Sutter in many ways, and Satter is one that stuck. The family name meaning is “A shoemaker or cobbler”, the same as for Sutter.

Spelling and variants

Satter writes “a” in place of the “u” found in Sutter, a typical scribal difference. Before spelling was standardised, one family could appear under several forms. Related forms: Suter.

According to the 2010 US Census, the Satter surname had 1,360 bearers.

Family crest and blazon

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Satter, so the heraldry linked to Sutter is a starting point, not an automatic right.

Get the complete Satter report, with a museum-style coat of arms.