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colter Name Meaning and History

  1. English: occupational name for someone who looked after asses and horses, from an agent derivative of Colt. Compare Coulthard.
  2. Variant spelling of German Kolter.

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Distribution of colter Families in the US in 1920
Number of colter families
 25-47
 9-24
 1-8
 0
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