Vetter Family History
Vetter Name Meaning
German: nickname from Middle High German veter(e) ‘uncle’,
‘nephew’. The word is from Old High German fetiro (a derivative
of fater ‘father’), which was used more generally to denote
various male relatives; the meaning of modern German Vetter is
‘cousin’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Vetter Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Vetter families
 131 - 259  44 - 130 |
 1 - 43  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Vetter families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Vetter families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Vetter Family Origin
Vetter Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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Vetter Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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