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The rutter Surname

rutter Name Meaning and History

  1. English: occupational name for a player on the rote (see Root 2).
  2. English: nickname for an unscrupulous person, from Old French ro(u)tier ‘robber’, ‘highwayman’, ‘footpad’.
  3. Dutch: nickname from Middle Dutch rut(t)er ‘freebooter’, ‘footpad’, cognate with 2. Compare Reuter 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of rutter Families in the US in 1920
Number of rutter families
 154-305
 52-153
 1-51
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