Vater Family History
Vater Name Meaning
North German: nickname or status name from Middle Low German
vater ‘father’, ‘person of seniority or higher rank’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Vater Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Vater families
 8 - 13  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Vater families
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19 - 35 7 - 18 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Vater last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Vater census records
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Vater Family Origin
Vater Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Vater
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Vater Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Vater census records
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Vater Civil War Service Records
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