Rutter Family History

Rutter Surname Meaning

English: occupational name from Old French roteor, roteeur, routeeur ‘player on the rote’ a musical instrument, a kind of harp or fiddle. The regular modern development of the name would have been to Roter (rhyming with boater) and to Router or Rowter (rhyming with doubter). These variants survive in small numbers but the principal modern form is Rutter, found in fairly large numbers across England, especially in the northeast and in the West Midlands.

The shortened vowel in Rutter may have been influenced by rotte, rutte, Middle English variants of Old French rote. Compare Root.

English: nickname from Middle English roter, rotour ‘robber, plunderer’, also ‘scoundrel, lecher’, a borrowing of Old French rotier, Anglo-Norman French routier ‘soldier of fortune; robber, highwayman, ruffian’, though this is a less likely source of the modern surname.

Dutch: nickname from Middle Dutch rut(t)er ‘freebooter, footpad’, cognate with 2 above.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Similar surnames: Butter, Nutter, Hutter, Sutter, Ruther, Ritter, Rutten, Rotter, Cutter, Mutter

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12K	Military Records
24K	Immigration Records
115K	Census and Voter Lists
296K	Member Trees

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Where is the Rutter family from?

You can see how Rutter families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Rutter family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Rutter families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1911 there were 111 Rutter families living in Ontario. This was about 63% of all the recorded Rutter's in Canada. Ontario had the highest population of Rutter families in 1911.

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What did your Rutter ancestors do for a living?

In 1921, Farmer and Housekeeper were the top reported jobs for men and women in the Canada named Rutter. 42% of Rutter men worked as a Farmer and 25% of Rutter women worked as a Housekeeper. Some less common occupations for Americans named Rutter were Farmers son and Stenographer.

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Farmer

42%

Labourer

24%

Laborer

Farmers son

Housekeeper

25%

Maid

25%

Operator

25%

Stenographer

25%

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Census Record

There are 115K census records available for the last name Rutter. Like a window into their day-to-day life, Rutter census records can tell you where and how your ancestors worked, their level of education, veteran status, and more.

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Passenger List

There are 24K immigration records available for the last name Rutter. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in Canada, and how they made the journey - from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure.

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Military Records

There are 12K military records available for the last name Rutter. For the veterans among your Rutter ancestors, military collections provide insights into where and when they served, and even physical descriptions.

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What is the average Rutter lifespan?

Between 1946 and 2004, in the United States, Rutter life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1951, and highest in 1997. The average life expectancy for Rutter in 1946 was 50, and 73 in 2004.

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Rutter Surname Meaning

The shortened vowel in Rutter may have been influenced by rotte, rutte, Middle English variants of Old French rote. Compare Root.

Dutch: nickname from Middle Dutch rut(t)er ‘freebooter, footpad’, cognate with 2 above.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

Where is the Rutter family from?

What did your Rutter ancestors do for a living?

Data not to scale

We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

Farmer

42%

Labourer

24%

Laborer

Farmers son

Housekeeper

25%

Maid

25%

Operator

25%

Stenographer

25%

What Rutter family records will you find?

What is the average Rutter lifespan?

Between 1946 and 2004, in the United States, Rutter life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1951, and highest in 1997. The average life expectancy for Rutter in 1946 was 50, and 73 in 2004.

Rutter Family History

Rutter Surname Meaning

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Rutter Surname Meaning

644,000 record(s) for Rutter

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Where is the Rutter family from?

What did your Rutter ancestors do for a living?

Top Male Occupations In 1921

Top Female Occupations In 1921

What Rutter family records will you find?

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Passenger List

Military Records

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What is the average Rutter lifespan?

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