English and South German: occupational name for a shoemaker or
cobbler (rarely a tailor), from Middle English suter,
souter, Middle High German suter, sutære
(from Latin sutor, an agent derivative of suere ‘to
sew’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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