Souttar is used as a family name or surname in Scotland. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Souttar
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Scotland
Meaning:

Souttar is the variant of Shuter. Latin sutor, and Old English suter, a shoemaker.

Souttar is variant of Sewer. Anciently a great officer in royal and noble houses, whose duty was to set and remove dishes, to taste them, and to have the general management of the table. In Norman times, the office of King's sewer was one of the most important of the court. Le Sywr is the curious orthography of the Hundred Rolls.

Surname Souttar is a variation of the Souther. One who came from the south.

Lastname Souttar is variation of Sutter. One who made shoes, a shoemaker.

Souttar is the variant form of the Souter. Anglo-Saxon sutere, from Latin sutor. A shoemaker. Still in use in Scotland.

The is a variant form of the Sowter. See Souter - Anglo-Saxon sutere, from Latin sutor. A shoemaker. Still in use in Scotland.

Surname is a variant of Suett. Suet was an under-tenant before the making of Domesday.

Variation of Suter. See Souter - Anglo-Saxon sutere, from Latin sutor. A shoemaker. Still in use in Scotland.

How popular is Souttar?

Souttar is ranked 3099609 on our list.

Souttar is a very rare family name, few people in England and Scotland have the last name. So far only 40 people have been found who wears Souttar as their surname. Souttar have bearers in just 1 or 2 countries. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
84,230 England25
15,763 Scotland15

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